Nucleic acid beacons for fluorescent in-situ hybridization and chip technology

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to beacons for fluorescent in-situ hybridization and chip technology.

The present invention relates to beacons for fluorescent in-situ hybridisation and chip technology.

BACKGROUND/PRIOR ART

Since the wide-spread success of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, microbiology laboratories are waiting for the application of molecular biology to routine microbiology. This has been held back by an inherent and fundamental problem of molecular biology. Because of its precision, you need to know which tools (probes) to choose. The prerequisite is, that a request has to be specified with respect to organisms to be detected. In clinical samples, however, you do not know which of the over 2000 clinically relevant pathogens is the causative agent of an infection. A rational approach solves the problem

-   -   Focus must be made on 95% of problem causing organisms     -   If it is known where the sample was taken, and clinical data is         present, the number of organisms can be reduced to between 2 and         16.     -   The number of organisms to cover the 95-percentile in most         clinical samples is in the order of 100

This rationale makes it economically feasible to run a DNA-probe based assay on a routine basis.

Grouping of micro-organisms and the very rapid testing for presence/absence of specific or a range of micro-organisms is also of relevance in other fields of microbiological testing: Blood banks, Pharmaceutical industry, Cosmetic industry and the Food industry. Frequently the same organisms are of relevance throughout the disciplines and reaction conditions therefor need to be standardised for all probes.

The detection of ribosomal RNA via Fluorescent in-situ Hybridisation (FISH) or utilising chip technology represents an efficient way of utilising sensitivity and specificity of DNA-probes without having to use an enzymatic amplification step. FISH relies on two approaches to the in-situ detection of targets generating a signal strong enough to be detected with standard measuring devices such as an epifluorescence microscope:

-   -   1. Identical molecules are present within a cell in sufficient         numbers to bind one specific oligonucletide or nucleotide         analogue probe with one fluorophor each.     -   2. Large probes carrying a plurality of fluorophores e.g.         labelled cosmids.

FISH technology for the identification of micro-organisms in their respective environments is well known in the art. Application of FISH for the detection of pathogens is of especial interest to the clinical microbiology and infectiology, where FISH excels in speed and cost efficiency.

Detecting rRNA with chip technology also relieves from the necessity to amplify the target. Total rRNA is extracted from a sample and placed on a chip. Specific probes are concentrated on a small surface area and attract respective rRNA-molecules to give specific presence/absence signals. In order to make such chips economically viable they need to be used repeatedly with as little manipulations as possible. Furthermore the standardisation of probe characteristics is paramount for the generation of reproducible results.

In order to gain acceptance in a routine environment probes must be designed in such a way that all probes for one disease state can be run simultaneously under identical conditions in or on one vessel (chips, micro-fluidic devices or micro titre plates). In the design of the probes and to make the probes economically viable, it must be taken into account that one probe may be of relevance to different disease states. Therefor, not only one set of probes but all probes must work under identical hybridisation conditions. Sequence and length of the working probes must be tested accordingly.

The selection and definition of a working probe cannot be performed by simple sequence comparison and determination of a theoretical T_(m)-value. Depending on the algorithm applied a wide set of values are obtained giving no guidance to the choice of probe sequence suitable for standardised hybridisation conditions.

The choice of algorithm and factors influencing the quality of a probe is discussed widely in the art (1-7). Further guidance may be sought comparing sequences and actual position in the three dimensional structure of the ribosome. In an attempt to rationalise the design of probes Behrens et al (8) investigated the correlation between hybridisation sites and actual accessibility with the help of the 3 Å three dimensional model of the ribosome. Their findings demonstrated that the SDS used in in-situ procedures has a predominant denaturing effect, not captured by algorithms predicting secondary structures.

A further problem in both FISH and chip technology is that the procedure calls for a stringent wash step to remove unbound probes, requiring additional handling steps, reagents and time. The success of a hybridisation may depend largely on the skill and precision applied to the washing step. However, routine applications call for minimal steps and hands-on time, most importantly they must be independent from individual skills.

One solution to the reduction of steps would be the application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (“FRET”) in an oligo-nucleotide or nucleotide analogue hairpin formation (molecular beacon). Several approaches to the development of beacons are known in the art and generalised descriptions to their construction are freely available (13). Beacons are widely used in real time PCR, where they anneal in solution to an increasing number of templates generated by amplifying enzymes (15). Only few attempts have been made to generate beacons for the detection/identification of bacteria on membranes (14). One successful beacon was constructed to detect E. coli in whole cells with a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe. The corresponding DNA-probe failed to give adequate performance (16). The production of further PNA-beacons is limited due to the poor solubility of PNA based oligonucleotides as laid down in design recommendations (17).

Patent CA 2176266/EP 0745690 gives guidance to the construction of universal stems for real time PCR (9). Surprisingly, these recommendations do not render working beacons when combined with probes designed to identify micro-organisms in-situ. Real time PCR is performed in solution while both ISH (in-situ hybridisation) and chips require fixed targets. Their thermodynamic details were not compatible with in-situ hybridisation and FRET requirements. Thus, universally working stems could not be predicted for applications with fixed targets. It was therefore necessary to empirically search for specific beacons fitting individual oligo-nucleotide or nucleotide analogues in order to accomplish a plurality of beacons working under identical ISH specifications.

In the selection of ISH-beacons care has to be taken that the stem does not hinder the delicate balance of hybridising towards RNA entwined in large protein/RNA complexes such as ribosomes. The accessibility of binding sites is widely discussed in the art and is summarised in (1).

Further limitations in the design of a beacon probe are given by the size of pores generated in the cell wall during the ISH procedure. Adding the same stem to different probes results in distinctly individual beacons. A plurality of probes already form hairpin loops and the addition of a stem does not result in a “beacon” formation. In addition, simply adding bases to form complementary pairs may increase the T_(m) to such an extent that the hairpin is thermodynamically preferred rather than the hybrid formation. Special stems have to be devised that pull the sequence into beacon formation while maintaining the T_(m) at or below that of the hybrid. The teachings with respect to the design of beacons (13) show that the increase of the stem length by one base pair increases the T_(m) by 5° C. and that the T_(m) of the stem should be 10° C. higher than the T_(m) of the hybridising sequence.

FISH with single microorganisms, such as bacteria, based upon specific rRNA sequences, may be difficult due to sterical hindrance of the rRNA in the ribosome. In other words, a beacon forming a hairpin may poorly anneal to the embedded rRNA target sequence.

It is therefore the subject of the present invention to provide molecular beacons which overcome the above described disadvantages at least partially. The solution provided in the present invention and preferred embodiments thereof are described in the claims.

Subject of the present invention is a nucleic acid capable of forming a hybrid with a target nucleic acid sequence and capable of forming a stem-loop structure if no hybrid is formed with the target sequence, said nucleic acid comprising

-   (a) a nucleic acid portion comprising     -   (a1) a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid         sequence,     -   (a2) a pair of two complementary sequences capable of forming a         stem, -   (b) an effector and an inhibitor, wherein the inhibitor inhibits the     effector when the nucleic acid forms a stem-loop structure, and     wherein the effector is active when the nucleic acid is not forming     a stem-loop structure.

The nucleic acid of the present invention capable of forming a hybrid with a target nucleic acid sequence and capable of forming a stem-loop structure if no hybrid is formed with the target sequence is also referred herein as “beacon”, “molecular beacon”, “hairpin”, or “hairpin loop”, wherein the “open” form (no stem is formed) as well as the “closed” form (the beacon forms a stem) is included. The open form includes a beacon not forming a hybrid with a target sequence and a beacon forming a hybrid with the target sequence.

In particular, the two complementary sequences (a2) are flanking the sequence (a1), i.e. the first sequence (a2) is attached at the 3′ end of the sequence (a1) and the second sequence (a2) is attached at the 5′ end of the sequence (a1).

The hybrid of the sequence (a1)) with the target sequence is also referred herein as “hybrid with the cognate sequence” or as “cognate hybrid”.

In the present invention, the effector may be attached at one of the two complementary sequences capable of forming a stem, whereas the inhibitor may be attached at the other of the two complementary sequences, so that the inhibitor essentially inhibits the effector activity when a stem is formed, and that the effector is active when the hairpin is open. Preferably, the effector is attached at the 5′ end or the 3′ end of the beacon, respectively, or at a position which is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 nucleotides distant to the 5′ end or the 3′ end, respectively. The inhibitor is preferably attached at the other end not covered by the effector, i.e. at the 3′ end or the 5′ end, respectively, or at a position which is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 nucleotides distant to the 3′ end or the 5′ end, respectively.

The design of the hairpin loops disclosed herein therefore differs fundamentally from beacons well known in the art.

Hybridisation of the beacon of the present invention with target sequence may take place under conditions where the loop is open. A beacon which is not forming a stem when hybridizing is capable of annealing to a target rRNA sequence, for instance, and can therefor achieve successful hybridisation.

This goal is for instance achieved by a T_(m) of the beacon (i.e. the T_(m) of the stem) which is essentially equal to or lower than the T_(m) of the cognate hybrid (i.e. the hybrid of the beacon with the target sequence). Thus, hybridisation with the target sequence takes place when the stem is open, for instance if hybridisation takes place under essentially Mg²⁺ free conditions.

“Essentially equal T_(m)” of the cognate hybrid and the stem of the beacon refers to melting temperatures differing in less than 5° C., preferably less than 3° C., more preferably less than 2° C., more preferably less than 1° C., more preferably less than 0.5° C., even more preferably less than 0.2° C., most preferably less than 0.1° C.

In order to achieve an inhibition of the effector by the inhibitor, both of which form part of the beacon, in those beacon molecules not hybridising with the target sequence, stem formation must be induced after the hybridisation reaction. This may for instance be achieved by a beacon having a ΔG<0, so the hairpin will form spontaneously. Further, stem formation may be introduced by washing with a Mg²⁺ containing buffer as described herein.

In particular, the hairpin loops are constructed in such a way that under standardised hybridisation conditions (e.g. under essentially Mg²⁺ free conditions) the beacon stem is open so that possible sterical limitations do not hinder the hybridisation process. For instance, sterical limitations may be present when the target sequence is a rRNA sequence. If the effector is a fluorophor, the fluorophor will not be quenched by the close proximity of ribosomal proteins.

Suitable conditions for induction of stem formation after hybridisation include an Mg²⁺ containing buffer, for instance containing about 1 to about 20 mM Mg²⁺, more particular about 5 to about 15 mM Mg²⁺, even more particular about 8 to about 12 mM Mg²⁺, most particular about 10 mM Mg²⁺. The buffer may have a pH>8.

Furthermore, the beacons function in their entirety and cannot be dissected into stem and loop as nearest neighbour and stacking effect have a profound influence in their thermodynamic properties. Preferred beacons of the present invention are summarised in Table 1. They clearly show that the preferred stem sequence is independent from the ΔG, T_(m), GC content or length of the sequence chosen to identify a species.

In the present invention, the thermodynamic specifications for the individual construction of beacons suitable for standardised conditions are set: The Gibbs energy (ΔG) for the formation of the beacon has to be designed in such a way that

-   -   The beacon will form spontaneously (ΔG<0) in the absence of a         cognate target sequence under hybridisation conditions.     -   The ΔG of the cognate hybrid is significantly lower (i.e. is         more negative) than the ΔG of the beacon.     -   The respective ΔG of the beacon is lower than a mismatch or         non-cognate sequence.     -   The T_(m) for the formation of the beacon has to be designed in         such a way that the T_(m) of the beacon is lower than or         essentially at the T_(m) of the hybrid.

It is preferred that the ΔG of the cognate hybrid is in the range of about −17 to about −25 kcal/mol, preferably about −18 to about −24 kcal/mol, more preferably about −19 to about −23 kcal/mol, most preferably about −20 to about −22 kcal/mol under hybridisation conditions.

It is also preferred that the ΔG of the cognate hybrids under hybridisation conditions do not vary more than 5 kcal/mol, preferably no more than 3 kcal/mol, more preferably 2 kcal/mol and most preferably 1 kcal/mol.

Occasionally cognate sequences may form spontaneous hairpin loops, where one arm only needs to be supplemented to achieve the beacon formation. If the target sequence is a rRNA sequence, this, however renders the effector, e.g. the fluorophor, in very close proximity to potentially quenching proteins of the ribosome. In a preferred configuration the stem is extended. In order to conform with said thermodynamic specifications as described herein even with an extended stem a method was devised to keep both the T_(m) and ΔG within the specifications. According to the present invention, this can be achieved by the introduction of at least one non-matched nucleotide or nucleotide analogue. In the present invention, introduction of at least one non-matched nucleotide may be enhanced by the introduction of an additional nucleotide or nucleotide analogue, so that the two complementary sequences have a different length, and the stem becomes “bended” (see for example position 36 in SEQ ID NO:1), or/and may be achieved by a replacement of a matching nucleotide or nucleotide analogue by a non-matching nucleotide or nucleotide analogue (see for example position 5 in SEQ ID NO: 7). Thus, in the present invention, the “complementary sequences capable of forming a stem” may also include at least one non-matched nucleotide, preferably 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 non-matched nucleotides.

As can be seen from Table 2 none of the sequences disclosed here could be devised as PNA-beacons due to the said limitations in the construction of PNA-oligonucleotides. The major limitation being in the oligonucleotide length required to have both sufficient specificity and a stem length sufficient to ensure the re-folding of the loop when not hybridised. It is therefore necessary to devise DNA-beacons that are able to hybridise with sufficient affinity and speed to enable the in-situ identification of micro-organisms.

The beacon of the present invention is not a PNA beacon. The backbone of the beacon is preferably a nucleic acid backbone. The beacon may comprise a nucleic acid analogue such as a deoxyribonucleotide analogue or a ribonucleotide analogue in the nucleic acid portion or/and in the linker if a linker is present. This analogue is preferably a nucleotide analogue modified at the sugar moiety, the base or/and the phosphate groups. The nucleotide analogue is preferably not a PNA building block.

Following the said 95-percentile in clinical samples, pathogens can be grouped into disease related groups. Probes towards these organisms must work simultaneously under the said conditions, especially if all probes are to be utilised on one chip. The chip application calls for a stringent standardisation of both the cognate and stem characteristics. If a combination of more than one probe is employed, i.e. at least two probes, all probes have to be designed to work on the same slide/chip simultaneously.

Another subject of the present invention is a combination comprising at least 2, preferably at least 10, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, or at least 50 beacons. The combination may comprise but is not limited to all of the beacons of Table 1, preferably at the maximum 100, at the maximum 80, at the maximum 70, at the maximum 60, at the maximum 50, at the maximum 40, at the maximum 30 or at the maximum 20 beacons.

In a combination of the present invention, the beacons may have the same or different target sequences. It is preferred that the target sequences of individual beacons are different.

In a combination of beacons of the present invention, the ΔG difference of the individual beacons of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) or/and the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with a target sequence may be at the maximum about 4 kcal/mol, preferably at the maximum about 3 kcal/mol, more preferably at the maximum about 2 kcal/mol, and most preferably at the maximum about 1 kcal/mol with respect to the cognate sequence.

In a combination, the T_(m) values of individual beacons with respect to its respective cognate sequence may differ at the maximum by about 3° C., preferably at the maximum about 2° C., more preferably at the maximum about 1° C.

It is preferred that in the combination of the present invention the individual nucleic acids function uniformly. “Functioning uniformly” means that successful hybridisation can be achieved with different nucleic acids probes of the present invention under the same hybridisation conditions, for instance under standardised hybridisation conditions. In other words, uniformly functioning nucleic acids of the present invention do not require individual optimisation of the hybridisation conditions.

Depending on the disease state certain pathogens most frequently are the causative agents and can thus be compiled into diagnostic groups. Addition or omission of certain pathogens may be required depending on regional epidemiology in order to reach the 95-percentile. The preferred listing of Table 1 covers the requirements of Europe and most of North America.

Yet another aspect of the present invention is a kit or chip which may contain at least two beacons of Table 1 required to detect the listed organisms optionally together with the required hybridisation reagents, Preferably, the chip or kit contains at least 10, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, or at least 50 beacons. The kit or chip may contain at the maximum all of the beacons of Table 1, preferably at the maximum 100, at the maximum 80, at the maximum 70, at the maximum 60, at the maximum 50, at the maximum 40, at the maximum 30 or at the maximum 20 beacons.

List of groupings and resulting kits for the detection, enumeration and identification of the listed organisms is compiled in Table 1.

The beacons can be applied to assays designed to be performed in tubes, microtitre plates, filtered microtitre wells, slides and chips. The detection can be made with fluorescence, time resolved fluorescence, with a plurality of fluorophores and utilising electrochemical enzymes.

In the preferred embodiment for FISH the assay is performed on glass slides designed to hold and separate several samples.

Another subject of the present invention is a hybridisation method comprising

-   (a) contacting at least one nucleic acid of any of the present     invention or a combination of nucleic acids of the present invention     with a biological sample, -   (b) hybridising the nucleic acid or the combination of nucleic acid     of (a) with the sample under conditions where the stem of the     nucleic is open, e.g. hybridising with a buffer which is essentially     free of Mg²⁺, and -   (c) inducing conditions which allow for stem formation in those     nucleic acid molecules of (a) not forming a hybrid with the sample,     e.g. washing with a Magnesium containing buffer, for instance at     pH>8 or/and at room temperature.

The sample may be any sample of biological origin, such as a clinical or food sample, suspected of comprising a nucleic acid to be detected by the beacon. The sample may be a sample comprising microorganisms, such as bacteria, yeasts and molds, in particular Gram positive or/and Gram negative bacteria.

Also employed in the hybridisation method of the present invention can be a kit or chip as described herein.

“Essentially free of Mg²⁺” refers to a Mg²⁺ concentration of less than 1 mM, preferably less than 0.1 mM, more preferably less than 0.05 mM, most preferably less than 0.01 mM.

The buffer in step (c) may contain about 1 to about 20 mM Mg²⁺, more particular about 5 to about 15 mM Mg²⁺, even more particular about 8 to about 12 mM Mg²⁺, most particular about 10 mM Mg²⁺.

Any suitable hybridisation protocol comprising application of an essentially Mg²⁺ free solution and a Mg²⁺ containing solution as indicated above may be applied. For instance, the following protocol may be used: Aliquots of clinical samples are applied to defined fields on the slides. Preferably a defined quantity of 10 μl is applied and dried.

-   1. The samples are the heat fixed to the slides. -   2. Gram positive organisms are subjected to a Lysozyme/Lysostaphin     digestion following well published specifications. In a preferred     embodiment the digestion is run for 7 minutes at 46° C. in a     humidified chamber. -   3. Pores are then formed for instance by immersing the slide 100%     methanol or ethanol for several minutes. In a preferred embodiment     the methanol or ethanol is ice cold and the immersion time is 7     minutes for Gram negative organisms and 3 minutes for Gram positive     organisms. -   4. The slide is then dried on a slide warmer, for instance at 55° C. -   5. The beacons are dissolved in a hybridisation buffer (which may be     essentially free of Mg²⁺) and then applied to each field of the     slide while on the slide warmer. -   6. The slide is placed in a hybridisation chamber, humidified with     hybridisation buffer. In a preferred embodiment the slide is covered     with a hydrophobic cover slip and placed on a covered slide warmer     at 46° C. for 12 minutes. -   7. The slide is then washed with a Magnesium containing buffer, for     instance at pH>8 or/and at room temperature. The buffer main contain     about 1 to about 20 mM Mg²⁺, more particular about 5 to about 15 mM     Mg²⁺, even more particular about 8 to about 12 mM Mg²⁺, most     particular 10 mM Mg²⁺ -   8. The slide is then dried and may be mounted with mounting fluid     and can be read under an epifluorescence microscope at a total     magnification of for instance 400×, 600×, or 1000×.

Should other vessels be used for the hybridisation, the detection may be via flow-cytometry or automated fluorescence reader well known in the art.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention relates to Chip applications of the beacons of the present invention. For Chip applications the beacons need to be covalently attached to a carrier surface. To facilitate this, the 3′-terminal base of the designed beacons may be either biotinylated or linked via a hetero-bifunctional reagent to an enzyme using methods well known in the art of protein and nucleic acid chemistry. Biotinylated beacons may then be added to Streptavidin coated chips as can be obtained freely from commercial sources (19). In this application the respective biotinylated hairpin loops can be attached to plurality of distinct fields of one chip, for instance at least 10, at least 50, at least 100, at least 200, or at least 500 fields, or at the maximum 500, at the maximum 400 or at the maximum 300 fields. Total RNA can be extracted from samples using commercially available kits (20) and can be applied to the chip under hybridising conditions. After hybridisation the chip can be briefly washed with a magnesium containing buffer, for instance at pH>8. Fluorescence on a field marks the presence of specific target sequence, for instance a specific RNA indicating the presence of a respective organism in the sample.

In order to open hybridisation assays to large scale routine applications it is necessary to analyse a plurality of samples sequentially on one reusable chip. The design of the chip must allow large scale production, efficient quality control and long shelf live.

In order to meet these specifications, in another embodiment of the present invention, a beacon of the present invention is covalently attached to an enzyme exerting a signal by catalysing a specific reaction. In particular, the enzyme may exert an electrochemical signal. Suitable enzymes comprise, but are not limited to tyrosinase, peroxidase, sulfite oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, glucose oxydase, guanine oxidase. In a preferred embodiment the enzyme is recombinantly derived from a genomic sequence of a thermo- or hyperthermophylic organism to render it stable under hybridisation conditions and elevated temperatures (21). The enzyme may be attached to the beacon at one end of the beacon molecule. At the other end of the molecule, an inhibitor may be attached which is capable of inhibiting the enzyme activity. When no cognate sequence to said hairpin loops is present the inhibitor inhibits the enzyme and no signal is generated. In the presence of a cognate sequence the loop will remain unfolded with the inhibitor well removed from the enzyme and the enzyme will produce an electrochemical signal which can be detected by devices well described in the art. A linker may be employed for the attachment of the enzyme or/and the inhibitor, in particular for the attachment of the inhibitor.

In a further preferred embodiment glucose oxidase is attached to one end of the said hairpin loops and a glucose oxidase inhibitor, such as an adenine nucleotide or adenine nucleotide analogue is attached to the other end of the hairpin loop. Adenine nucleotides are known inhibitors of glucose oxidase (22, 23). A linker may be employed for the attachment of the glucose oxidase or/and the glucose oxidase inhibitor, in particular for the attachment of the glucose oxidase inhibitor. When no cognate sequence to said hairpin loops is present the inhibitor, in particular the adenine nucleotide inhibits the enzyme and no signal is generated. In the presence of a cognate sequence the loop will remain unfolded with the inhibitor well removed from the enzyme and the enzyme will produce an electrochemical signal which can be detected by devices well described in the art.

To perform such an assay a large plurality of sequences with identical characteristics (Table I) have been developed, which may be applied to defined positions on the detecting device (chip) respectively. Total RNA is extracted from a sample utilising extraction procedure and kits readily available on the market (20) and placed on the chip under hybridisation conditions. After the hybridisation the chip is washed with substrate buffer at 46° C. and the signal is read. At the end of the cycle all hybridised RNA is washed off with hybridisation buffer at elevated temperature. Preferably the wash temperature is chosen 10° C. above the respective T_(m). In a preferred embodiment the chip is washed at 60° C. with hybridisation buffer. The temperature may then dropped to 46° C. to equilibrate for the next analytical cycle.

LEGENDS

Table 1 describes beacon sequences of the present invention. Abbreviations: R&G: a red or/and a green fluorescent dye may be attached to the beacon, such as Cy3 or FITC or a derivative thereof.

Table 2 describes that PNA beacons are not suitable in the present invention. Calculations were performed with the sequences of Table 1 assuming the beacon to be a PNA beacon. In contrast to DNA beacons, all of the following five criteria have to be fulfilled: GC content<60%, <3 bases selfcomplementary, 4 purines in a row, length of maximal 18, inverse sequence palindromes or repeats or hairpins. “Yes” (“No”) in Table 2 indicates that the criterion is fulfilled (not fulfilled). The column “Final” indicates if a PNA beacon is suitable in the present invention (“Yes”) or not (“No”). “No” in final indicates that one of the five criteria is not met. “Yes” would indicate that all criteria are met. All sequences of Table 2 are judged to be “No”. Thus, no one of the sequences of Table 1 would be suitable in a PNA beacon.

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TABLE I Fuchs score Loop Diagostics Position on 1 = high; VI = Code number Target organism Beacon name RNA rRNA (Ecoli) no/low signal L-01-1 -10 R&G Acinetobacter B-Acibact-1 16S rRNA 652-669 650-667 V -50 -100 L-01-2 -10 R&G Acinatobacter baumanii B-Acinbaum-2 16S rRNA 67-86 66-83 = II -50 -100 L-01-3 -10 R&G Actinomyces spp. -50 -100 L-01-4 -10 R&G Aspergillus spp -50 -100 L-01-5 -10 Aspergillus flavus Aspfla 18s NA NA -50 -100 L-01-6 -10 Aspergillus fumigatus Aspfum 18s NA NA -50 -100 L-01-7 -10 Aspergillus niger Aspnig 18s NA NA -50 -100 L-01-8 -10 Aspergillus terreus Aspter 18s NA NA -50 -100 L-01-9 -10 R&G Bacteroides/Prevotella B-BacPrev 16S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-10 -10 R&G Borrelia burgdorferi B-Borrburg 16S rRNA 39-58 38-54 = II; 48-65 = -50 II -100 L-01-11 -10 R&G Bordetella pertussis B-Borper 23S rRNA 1768-1785 1768-1786 = IV -50 -100 L-01-12 -10 R&G Burkholderia cepacia B-Burcep-complex-1 16S 425-449 431-448 = III -50 complex = Option I -100 L-01-13 -10 R&G Burkholderia cepacia B-Burcep-complex- 16S 404-383 387-403 = IV -50 complex, two beacons = 2a -100 Option II L- B-Burcep-compl-2b 16S 446-433 431-448 = III L-01-14 -10 R&G Burkholderia cepacia B-Burcep-pure 16S 441-460 440-456 = I -50 -100 L-01-15 -10 R&G Burkholderia pyrrocinia/ B-Burstabpyramb 16S 407-424 413-429 = II -50 stabilis/ambifaria -100 L-01-16 -10 R&G Burkholderia dolosa/anthina B-Burdolant 16S 474-458 443-460 = II -50 -100 L-01-17 -10 R&G Burkholderia multivorans B-Burmult 16S 475-463 455-473 = VI -50 -100 L-01-18 -10 R&G Burkholderia B-Bur-vietceno 16S 475-458 455-473 = VI cenocepacia/vietnamiensis L-01-19 -10 R&G Campylobacter (pathogenic Ctherm 23S 1419 -50 thermophiles -100 L-01-20 -10 R&G Campylobacter lari Clari 16S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-21 -10 R&G Campylobacter jejuni Cpjej -50 -100 L-01-22 -10 R&G Cp. upsaliensis Cpups -50 -100 L-01-23 -10 R&G Cp coli Cpcoli -50 -100 L-01-24 -10 R&G Cp coli-comp Cpcolicomp -50 -100 L-01-25 -10 R&G Chlamydia S-G-Chla-0232-A- -50 18 -100 L-01-26 -10 R&G Chlamydiaceae S-F-Chlae-0574-a- -50 A-18 -100 L-01-27 -10 R&G Chlamydiales S-O-Chls-0523-a-A- -50 18b -100 L-01-28 -10 R&G Chlamydophila S-G-Chlph-0583-a- -50 A-18 -100 L-01-29 -10 R&G Chlamydia pneumoniae B-Chlapneu 16S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-36 -10 R&G “Chlamydia psittaci” group S-S-Cps-1414-a-A- -50 18 -100 L-01-31 -10 R&G Subgroup of the Bn9658 -50 Parachlamydiaceae -100 L-01-32 -10 R&G Chlamydia ssp. ChlamyA -50 -100 L-01-33 -10 R&G Chlamydia trachomatis ChltraA -50 -100 L-01-34 -10 R&G Canda albicans Can-alb-2 18S 314-295 NA -50 -100 L-01-35 -10 R&G Canda krusei Cankru-2 18S 146-169 NA -50 -100 L-01-36 -10 R&G Candida dubliniensis Can-dub-2 18S 187-206 NA -50 -100 L-01-37 -10 R&G Candida glabrata Can-gla-2 18S 379-363 NA -50 -100 L-01-38 -10 R&G Candida parapsilosis Can-para-2 18S 310-291 NA -50 -100 L-01-39 -10 R&G Candida spp Can-spp-2 18S 366-347 NA -50 -100 L-01-40 -10 R&G Candida tropicales Can-trop-3 18S 64-84 NA -50 -100 L-01-41 -10 Candida lusitaniae -50 -100 L-01-42 -10 R&G Citrobacter freundii B-cifreu 23S rRNA 542-559 547-564 = III -50 -100 L-01-43 -10 R&G Clostridium botulinum B-Clobot 16S rRNA 173-194 173-190IV, 181-198 = -50 II -100 L-01-44 -10 Clostridium difficile B-Clodiff 16S rRNA 73-51 38-54 = II; 55-72 = -50 III -100 L-01-45 -10 R&G Clostridium spp B-Clospp 16S rRNA 52-35 48-65 = II; 38-54 = -50 II -100 L-01-46 -10 R&G Clostridium perfringens B-Cloper-Cp2-10 16S rRNA 212-189 199-215 = II -50 -100 L-01-47 -10 R&G Clostridium perfringens B-Cloper-Cp2-18 16S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-48 -10 Clostridium tetani B-Clotet 16S rRNA 114-95  91-108 = II; 102-118 = -50 III -100 L-01-49 -10 Cryptococcus neoformans -50 -100 L-01-50 -10 R&G Enterobacteriaceae B-EBAC-1791 23S rRNA 1811-1791 1787-1804 = III -50 -100 L-01-51 -10 R&G Enterobacteriaceae B-Entero-1247 16S rRNA 1264-1247 1248-1265 = III -50 -100 L-01-52 -10 R&G Enterobacteriaceae B-Entero + 182 16S rRNA Sbjct: 201-182 199-215 = II -50 -100 L-01-53 -10 R&G Enterococci B-Entcoc 16S rRNA 242-225 218-235 = I; 236-252 = -50 II -100 L-01-54 -10 R&G Enterococcus faecalis B-Ent-alis 16S rRNA 129-146 127-144 = III -50 -100 L-01-55 -10 R&G Enterococcus faecium B-Ent-ium 16S rRNA 192-212 191-209 = II -50 -100 L-01-56 -10 R&G Escherichia coli B-Ecol-On 1 16S rRNA 75-95 66-83 = II; -50 73-90 = IV -100 L-01-57 -10 R&G Eu-bacteria Eub -50 -100 L-01-58 -10 R&G Fusarium spp -50 -100 L-01-59 -10 R&G Gardnerella vaginalis Garvag -50 -100 L-01-60 -10 R&G Haemophilus influenzae B-Haeinf-2 16S rRNA 189-167 173-190 = IV; -50 181-198 = II -100 L-01-61 -10 R&G Haemophilus influenzae B-Haeinf-3 16S rRNA 183-162 163-180 = IV -50 -100 L-01-62 -10 R&G Klebsiella pneumoniae b-Klepne-2 16S rRNA 445-465 443*460 = II -50 -100 L-01-63 -10 R&G Klebsiella oxytoca B-Kleboxy 16S rRNA 467-444 446-463 = II -50 -100 L-01-64 -10 R&G Lactobacillus brevis B-Lacbrev 16S rRNA 84-63 63-80 = II -50 -100 L-01-65 -10 R&G Mycobacterium avium -50 -100 L-01-66 -10 R&G Mycobacterium bovis -50 -100 L-01-67 -10 R&G Mycobacterium chelonae -50 -100 L-01-68 -10 R&G Mycobacterium fortuitum -50 -100 L-01-69 -10 R&G Mycobacterium gordonae -50 -100 L-01-70 -10 R&G Mycobacterium intracellulare -50 -100 L-01-71 -10 R&G Mycobacterium kansasii -50 -100 L-01-72 -10 R&G Mycobacterium malmoense -50 -100 L-01-73 -10 R&G Mycobacterium smegmatis -50 -100 L-01-74 -10 R&G Mycobacterium tuberculosis -50 -100 L-01-75 -10 R&G Mycobacterium xenopi -50 -100 L-01-76 -10 R&G Legionella pneumophila B-Legpne 16S rRNA 633-616 614-631 = IV -50 -100 L-01-77 -10 R&G Listeria monocytogenes Lismon -50 -100 L-01-78 -10 R&G Mycoplasma hominis Mychom -50 -100 L-01-79 R&G Nocardia spp. L-01-80 -10 R&G Proteus mirabili/vulgaris B-Protmivi 23S rRNA 1835-1818 1823-1839 = III -50 -100 L-01-81 -10 R&G Pneumoscystis-1 Pcp-1 18S 1155 -50 -100 L-01-82 -10 R&G Pneumocystis-2 Pcp-2 18S  845 -50 -100 L-01-83 R&G Propionibacterium acnes L-01-84 R&G Propionibacterium spp (other than Psaer) L-01-85 -10 R&G Pseudomonas aeruginosa B-Psaer C 23S rRNA 1526-1508 1509-1526 = III -50 -100 L-01-86 -10 R&G Pseudomonas spp Psspp 16S rRNA 79-59 60-077 = II -50 -100 L-01-87 -10 R&G Salmonellen Sal 23S 331 23S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-88 -10 R&G Salmonellen 331 Komp Komp Sal 23S 331 23S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-89 -10 R&G Salmonellen Sal 23S 1705 23S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-90 -10 R&G Salmonellen Sal 23S 1705 Komp 23S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-91 -10 R&G Salmonellen Sal 23S 544 23S rRNA -50 -100 L-01-92 -10 R&G Salmonella B-Sal 1686 23S rRNA 1705-1686 1696-1713 = I; -50 1678-1695 = III -100 L-01-93 -10 R&G Serratia spp -50 -100 L-01-94 -10 R&G Serratia marcescens B-Sermarc 16S rRNA 637-656 639-656 = VI -50 -100 L-01-95 -10 R&G Staphylococcus aureus B-Staphau 16S rRNA  75-52; 55-72 = III -50 -100 L-01-96 -10 R&G Staphylococci B-Staphspp-2 16S rRNA 769-751 756-773 = IV -50 -100 L-01-97 -10 R&G Stenotrophomonas maltofilia Stemal-2 16S rRNA 592-612 614-631 = IV -50 -100 L-01-98 -10 R&G Streptococcus agalactiae B-Straga-2 16S rRNA 416-396 396-412 = IV -50 -100 L-01-99 -10 R&G Streptococci B-Strept-2 16S rRNA 459-439 440-456 = I -50 -100 L-01-100 -10 R&G Streptococcus pneumoniae B-Strepne-2 16S rRNA 202-178 181-198 = II -50 -100 L-01-101 -10 R&G Streptococcus pyogenes B-Strpyo-C 16S rRNA 196-217 199-215 = II -50 -100 L-01-102 -10 R&G Ureaplasma urealyticum Ureure -50 -100 L-01-103 -10 R&G Urogenital-Peptostreptococci Pepure -50 -100 L-01-104 -10 R&G Yersinia enterocolitica Yerent -50 -100 delta Gs Loop Diagostics AT target: Code number SEQ. ID. NO: Sequence 5′-3′ Length Content GC content −21 +/− 2 kcal/mol L-01-1 -10 Beacon 1 TGCCGGATT ACC ATC CTC TCC CAT Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −21.9 ACT CTA AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 2 ACC ATC CTC TCC CAT ACT CTA Beacon 39 54% ΔG = −0.48 -100 Target 3 TAG AGT ATG GGA GAG GAT GGT L-01-2 -10 Beacon 4 GCGCG TC CGG TAG CAA GCT ACC TTC Probe/target 20 9 11 55% ΔG = −22.1 CGCGC Hybrid -50 Probe 5 TC CGG TAG CAA GCT ACC TTC Beacon 30 9 21 70% ΔG = −0.94 -100 Target 6 GAA GGT AGC TTG CTA CCG GA L-01-3 -10 -50 -100 L-01-4 -10 -50 -100 L-01-5 -10 Beacon 7 CCGCCGGCGT AC AGA GTT CGT GGT Probe/target 20 9 11 55% ΔG = −21.5 GTC TCC TCGCCCAGCGG Hybrid -50 Probe 8 AC AGA GTT CGT GGT GTC TCC Beacon 41 12 29 71% ΔG = −0.19 -100 Target 9 GGA GAC ACC ACG AAC TCT GT L-01-6 -10 Beacon 10 cgtc gcc tac aga gca ggt gac g Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −20.6 Hybrid -50 Probe 11 gcc tac aga gca ggt gac Beacon 23 8 15 65% ΔG = −0.86 -100 Target 12 gtc acc tgc tct gta ggc L-01-7 -10 Beacon 13 ctctga a ctg att gca ttc aat caa ctc agag Probe/target 25 16 9 36% ΔG = −21.4 Hybrid -50 Probe 14 a ctg att gca ttc aat caa ctc aga Beacon 32 19 13 41% ΔG = −0.18 -100 Target 15 tct gag ttg att gaa tgc aat cag t L-01-8 -10 Beacon 16 TCCGTC tga ttg caa aga atc aca ctc aga Probe/target 24 15 9 38% ΔG = −20.9 GACGGA Hybrid -50 Probe 17 tga ttg caa aga atc aca ctc aga Beacon 36 19 17 47% ΔG = −0.63 -100 Target 18 tct gag tgt gat tct ttg caa tca L-01-9 -10 Beacon 19 GCCGCCGGCAT CCA ATG TGG GGG Probe/target 17 6 11 59% ΔG = −20.1 ACC TTC TAGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe 20 CCA ATG TGG GGG ACC TTC Beacon 39 74% ΔG = −0.70 -100 Target 21 GAA GGT CCC CCA CAT TGG L-01-10 -10 Beacon 22 TGCCGGATT CA TGC TTA AGA CGC ACT Probe/target 20 9 11 50% ΔG = −20.9 GCC AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 23 CA TGC TTA AGA CGC ACT GCC Beacon 39 56% ΔG = −0.59 -100 Target 24 GGC AGT GCG TCT TAA GCA TG L-01-11 -10 Beacon 25 TGCCGGATT CAG CAC TCT GCA AAG Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.5 ACG AAA AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 26 CAG CAC TCT GCA AAG ACG AAA Beacon 40 53% ΔG = −0.48 -100 Target 27 TTT CGT CTT TGC AGA GTG CTG L-01-12 -10 Beacon 28 ACCGCTC TTT CTT TCC GGA CAA AAG Probe/target 24 15 9 38% ΔG = −20.9 TGC TTT GAGCGGCT Hybrid -50 probe 29 TTT CTT TCC GGA CAA AAG TGC TTT Beacon 39 51% ΔG = −0.92 sequence -100 Target 30 AAA GCA CTT TTG TCC GGA AAG AAA L-01-13 -10 Beacon 31 CGCCTTC AGA ACC AAG GAT TTC TTT Probe/target 22 12 10 45% ΔG = −20.5 CCG G GAAGGCG Hybrid -50 probe 32 AGA ACC AAG GAT TTC TTT CCG G Beacon ΔG = −1.07 sequence -100 Target 33 CCG GAA AGA AAT CCT TGG TTC T 36 56% L- Beacon 34 ACGCA AGAGCCAAGGTTTTCTTTCCG Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.2 CTTGCGT Hybrid probe 35 AGA GCC AAG GTT TTC TTT CCG Beacon 34 50% ΔG = −1.05 sequence Target 36 CGG AAA GAA AAC CTT GGC TCT L-01-14 -10 Beacon 37 ACGCTC G TCA TCC CCC GGC CAT Probe/target 16 5 11 69% ΔG = −20.1 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 probe 38 G TCA TCC CCC GGC CAT Beacon 28 68% ΔG = −1.00 sequence -100 Target 39 ATG GCC GGG GGA TGA C L-01-15 -10 Beacon 40 CGCTC CGT CAT CCC CCG GCT ATA Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −20.6 GGAGCG Hybrid -50 probe 41 CGT CAT CCC CCG GCT ATA Beacon 29 69% ΔG = −0.43 sequence -100 Target 42 TAT AGC CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-16 -10 Beacon 43 CCGCTC GT CAT CCC CCG GCT GTA Probe/target 17 6 11 65% ΔG = −20.6 GAGCGG Hybrid -50 probe 44 GT CAT CCC CCG GCT GTA Beacon 29 72% ΔG = −0.43 sequence -100 Target 45 TAC AGC CGG GGG ATG AC L-01-17 -10 Beacon 46 GCCGCCGGCGT CGT CAT CCC CCG Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −20.0 ATC GTA TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 probe 47 CGT CAT CCC CCG ATC GTA Beacon 41 73% ΔG = −1.11 sequence -100 Target 48 TAC GAT CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-18 -10 Beacon 49 GCCGCCGGCGT CGT CAT CCC CCG ACT Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −20.3 GTA TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid probe 50 CGT CAT CCC CCG ACT GTA Beacon 41 76% ΔG = −1.11 sequence Target 51 TAC AGT CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-19 -10 Beacon -50 Probe 52 GCC CTA AGC GTC CTT CCA -100 Target L-01-20 -10 Beacon 53 ACGCTC GAA GTG TAA GCA ACT AAA T Probe/target 19 13 6 32% −14 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 54 GAA GTG TAA GCA ACT AAA T Beacon 31 45% −0.78 -100 Target 55 A TTT AGT TGC TTA CAC TTC L-01-21 -10 Beacon 56 ACGCTC AGC TAA CCA CTT ATA CCG Probe/target 18 10 8 44% −17.3 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 57 AGC TAA CCA CTT ATA CCG Beacon 30 53% −0.67 -100 Target 58 CGG TAT AAG TGG TTA GCT L-01-22 -10 Beacon 59 CCGCTC CGT GTG TCG CCC TAG GCG Probe/target 20 7 13 65% −25.4 TA GAGCGG Hybrid -50 Probe 60 CGT GTG TCG CCC TAG GCG TA Beacon 32 72% −0.84 -100 Target 61 TA CGC CTA GGG CGA CAC ACG L-01-23 -10 Beacon 62 CCGCTC TCG ATG GCA TCA GGG GTT Probe/target 18 8 10 56% −20.7 GAGCGG Hybrid -50 Probe 63 TCG ATG GCA TCA GGG GTT Beacon 30 67% −0.82 -100 Target 64 AAC CCC TGA TGC CAT CGA L-01-24 -10 Beacon 65 not required, competitor is not labelled Probe/target 18 7 11 61% −22.0 Hybrid -50 Probe 66 TCG ACG GCA TCA GGG GTT Beacon -100 Target 67 AAC CCC TGA TGC CGT CGA L-01-25 -10 Beacon 68 ACGCCGGCGT TAG CTG ATA TCA CAT Probe/target 18 12 6 33% −14.4 AGA TCGCCCAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 69 TAG CTG ATA TCA CAT AGA Beacon 39 59% −0.06 -100 Target 70 TCT ATG TGA TAT CAG CTA L-01-26 -10 Beacon 71 TCCGCCGGCGT CTT TCC GCC TAC ACG Probe/target 18 6 12 67% −22.0 CCC TCGCCCAGCGGA Hybrid -50 Probe 72 CTT TCC GCC TAC ACG CCC Beacon 41 73% −1.22 -100 Target 73 GGG CGT GTA GGC GGA AAG L-01-27 -10 Beacon 74 TCCGCCGGCGT CCT CCG TAT TAC CGC Probe/target 18 7 11 61% −20.5 AGC TCGCCCAGCGGA Hybrid -50 Probe 75 CCT CCG TAT TAC CGC AGC Beacon 41 71% −1.22 -100 Target 76 GCT GCG GTA ATA CGG AGG L-01-28 -10 Beacon 77 ACGCCGGCGT CTA ACT TTC CTT TCC Probe/target 18 9 9 50% −17.3 GCC TCGCCCAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 78 CTA ACT TTC CTT TCC GCC Beacon 39 64% −0.06 -100 Target 79 GGC GGA AAG GAA AGT TAG L-01-29 -10 Beacon 80 TCCACCGGCGT CTC TTC CTC AAC CGA Probe/target 18 9 9 50% −16.4 AAG TCGCCCAGTGGA Hybrid -50 Probe 81 CTC TTC CTC AAC CGA AAG Beacon 41 61% -100 Target 82 CTT TCG GTT GAG GAA GAG L-01-30 -10 Beacon 83 TCAGCCGGCGT AAG GCA AAA CCA ACT Probe/target 18 9 9 50% −18.8 CCC TCGCCCAGCTGA Hybrid -50 Probe 84 AAG GCA AAA CCA ACT CCC Beacon 41 61% −0.02 -100 Target 85 GGG AGT TGG TTT TGC CTT L-01-31 -10 Beacon 86 CCGCCGGCGT TCC GTT TTC TCC GCC Probe/target 18 8 10 50% −19.7 TAC TCGCCCAGCGG Hybrid -50 Probe 87 TCC GTT TTC TCC GCC TAC Beacon 39 69% −0.40 -100 Target 88 GTA GGC GGA GAA AAC GGA L-01-32 -10 Beacon 89 TCCGCCGGCGT GCT CCC CTT GCT TTC Probe/target 18 6 12 61% −21.7 GCG TCGCCCAGCGGA Hybrid -50 Probe 90 GCT CCC CTT GCT TTC GCG Beacon 42 69% −1.22 -100 Target 91 CGC GAA AGC AAG GGG AGC L-01-33 -10 Beacon 92 ACGCTC TCG GAT GCC CAA ATA TCG Probe/target 18 9 9 50% −18.4 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 93 TCG GAT GCC CAA ATA TCG Beacon 30 57% −0.44 -100 Target 94 CGA TAT TTG GGC ATC CGA L-01-34 -10 Beacon 95 GG aa tgg cta ccc aga agg aaa CCATTCC Probe/target 20 11 9 45% ΔG = −19.7 Hybrid -50 probe 96 aa tgg cta ccc aga agg aaa Beacon 29 15 52% ΔG = −0.57 sequence -100 Target 97 ttt cct tct ggg tag cca tt L-01-35 -10 Beacon 98 CCGCTC tgt att agc tct aga ttt cca cgg Probe/target 24 15 9 38% ΔG = −21.9 GAGCGG Hybrid -50 probe 99 tgt att agc tct aga ttt cca cgg Beacon 36 19 53% ΔG = −0.56 sequence -100 Target 100 ccg tgg aaa tct aga gct aat aca L-01-36 -10 Beacon 101 GTTTGcc ccg aaa gag taa ctt gca Probe/target 20 10 10 50% ΔG = −19.8 GGCAAAC Hybrid -50 probe 102 cc ccg aaa gag taa ctt gca Beacon 32 16 50% ΔG = −0.55 sequence -100 Target 103 tgc aag tta ctc ttt cgg gg L-01-37 -10 Beacon 104 GCCGCCGGCGT gg cca ccc agg ccc aaa Probe/target 17 5 12 71% ΔG = −22.5 TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 probe 105 gg cca ccc agg ccc aaa Beacon 40 32 80% ΔG = −2.30 sequence -100 Target 106 ttt ggg cct ggg tgg cc L-01-38 -10 Beacon 107 GCCGCCGGCGT gc caa aaa ggc tag cca Probe/target 20 10 10 50% ΔG = −20.9 gaa TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 probe 108 gc caa aaa ggc tag cca gaa Beacon 43 30 70% ΔG = −1.76 sequence -100 Target 109 ttc tgg cta gcc ttt ttg gc L-01-39 -10 Beacon 110 ACGC gct tgg ctg gcc ggt c GCGT Probe/target 16 4 12 75% ΔG = −21.1 Hybrid -50 probe 111 g acc ggc cag cca agc Beacon 24 18 75% ΔG = −0.90 sequence -100 Target 112 gct tgg ctg gcc ggt c L-01-40 -10 Beacon 113 ACCGCCGGCGT tac gca tca gaa aga tgg Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.7 acc TCGCCCAGCGGT Hybrid -50 probe 114 tac gca tca gaa aga tgg acc Beacon 44 28 64% ΔG = −1.03 sequence -100 Target 115 GGT CCA TCT TTC TGA TGC GTA L-01-41 -10 -50 -100 L-01-42 -10 Beacon 116 TGCCGGATT CTAC TTG TTA GGT GAC Probe/target 21 10 11 48% ΔG = −20.4 TGC GT AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 117 C TAC TTG TTA GGT GAC TGC GT Beacon 40 53% ΔG = −0.48 -100 Target 118 AC GCA GTC ACC TAA CAA GTA G L-01-43 -10 Beacon 119 TCTTG TAG T GC CGT TTC ATG CGA Probe/target 22 12 10 45% ΔG = −20.7 AAC TAC AA GA Hybrid -50 Probe 120 GC CGT TTC ATG CGA AAC TAC AA Beacon 33 42% ΔG = −0.79 -100 Target 121 TT GTA GTT TCG CAT GAA ACG GC L-01-44 -10 Beacon 122 GCCGCCGGCGT CGAAG TAA ATC GCT Probe/target 23 13 10 43% ΔG = −20.8 CAA CTT GCA TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe 123 CGA AGT AAA TCG CTC AAC TTG CA Beacon 46 30 65% ΔG = −1.33 -100 Target 124 TGC AAG TTG AGC GAT TTA CTT CG L-01-45 -10 Beacon 125 CGCTCA CAC CCG TCC GCC GCT AAT Probe/target 18 6 12 67% ΔG = −22.0 GAGCG Hybrid -50 Probe 126 CAC CCG TCC GCC GCT AAT Beacon 29 69% ΔG = −0.39 -100 Target 127 ATT AGC GGC GGA CGG GTG L-01-46 -10 Beacon 128 GCCGCCGGCGT G ATT GCT CCT TTG Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.9 GTT GAA TGA TG TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe 129 G ATT GCT CCT TTG GTT GAA TGA TG Beacon 44 68% ΔG = −1.22 -100 Target 130 CA TCA TTC AAC CAA AGG AGC AAT C L-01-47 -10 Beacon 131 ACGCTC GGT TGA ATG ATG ATG CCA T Probe/target 19 10 9 42% ΔG = −21.2 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 probe 132 GGT TGA ATG ATG ATG CCA TCT TT -100 Target 133 AA AGA TGG CAT CAT CAT TCA ACC Beacon 31 52% ΔG = −0.16 L-01-48 -10 Beacon 134 GCGGAC CT GTG TTA CTC ACC CGT Probe/target 20 8 12 42% ΔG = −21.6 CCG C Hybrid -50 probe 135 CT GTG TTA CTC ACC CGT CCG -100 Target 136 CGG ACG GGT GAG TAA CAC AG Beacon 27 18 52% ΔG = −1.15 L-01-49 -10 -50 -100 L-01-50 -10 Beacon 137 TGCCGGATT  TT CGT GTT TGC ACA GTG Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −21.1 CTG T AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 138 TT CGT GTT TGC ACA GTG CTG T Beacon 40 53% ΔG = −0.48 -100 Target 139 A CAG CAC TGT GCA AAC ACG AA L-01-51 -10 Beacon 140 TGCCGGATT TCT CGC GAG GTC GCT Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −21.0 TCT AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 141 TCT CGC GAG GTC GCT TCT -100 Target 142 AGA AGC GAC CTC GCG AGA Beacon ΔG = −0.80 L-01-52 -10 Beacon 143 TGCCGGATT CCC CCW CTT TGG TCT Probe/target 20 8 12 60% ΔG = −20.4 TGC GA AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 144 CCC CCW CTT TGG TCT TGC GA -100 Target 145 TC GCA AGA CCA AAG WGG GGG Beacon 39 59% ΔG = −0.59 L-01-53 -10 Beacon 146 TGCCGGATT ATC CAT CAG CGA CAC Probe/target 18 7 11 61% ΔG = −20.5 CCG AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 147 ATC CAT CAG CGA CAC CCG -100 Target 148 CGG GTG TCG CTG ATG GAT Beacon 38 58% ΔG = −0.80 L-01-54 -10 Beacon 149 TGCCGGATT CCC TCT GAT GGG TAG Probe/target 18 8 10 56% ΔG = −19.2 GTT AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 150 CCC TCT GAT GGG TAG GTT -100 Target 151 AAC CTA CCC ATC AGA GGG Beacon 37 57% ΔG = −0.80 L-01-55 -10 Beacon 152 GCCGCCGGCGT TTC AAA TCA AAA CCA Probe/target 24 15 9 38% ΔG = −20.0 TGC GGT TTC TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe 153 TTC AAA TCA AAA CCA TGC GGT TTC -100 Target 154 GAA ACC GCA TGG TTT TGA TTT GAA Beacon 47 62% ΔG = −9.42 L-01-56 -10 Beacon 155 TGCCGGATT GGA AGA AGC TTG CTT Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.3 CTT TGC AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 156 GGA AGA AGC TTG CTT CTT TGC -100 Target 157 GCA AAG AAG CAA GCT TCT TCC Beacon 40 53% ΔG = −1.80 L-01-57 -10 Beacon 158 CGCTC GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT Probe/target 18 6 12 67% −23.5 GAGCG Hybrid -50 Probe 159 GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT Beacon 28 71% −0.94 -100 Target 160 ACT CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC L-01-58 -10 -50 -100 L-01-59- 10 Beacon 161 ACGCTC CAC CAT GAA GCA ACC CGT Probe/target 18 8 10 56% −19.5 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 162 CAC CAT GAA GCA ACC CGT Beacon 30 60% −0.50 -100 Target 163 ACG GGT TGC TTC ATG GTG L-01-60 -10 Beacon 164 ACCCGCTA TT CCG ATA ATA CGC GGT Probe/target 23 13 10 43% ΔG = −21.4 ATT AGC GGGT Hybrid -50 Probe 165 TT CCG ATA ATA CGC GGT ATT AGC -100 Target 166 GCT AAT ACC GCG TAT TAT CGG AA Beacon 35 51% ΔG = −1.18 L-01-61 -10 Beacon 167 CGGTGCTC TA ATA CGC GGT ATT AGC Probe/target 22 12 10 45% αG = −20.3 GAC AG AGAGCACCG Hybrid -50 Probe 168 TA ATA CGC GGT ATT AGC GAC AG -100 Target 169 CT GTC GCT AAT ACC GCG TAT AT Beacon 39 56% ΔG = −1.76 L-01-62 -10 Beacon 170 ACGCCGGCGT AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA Probe/target 21 12 9 43% ΔG = −19.8 TCG CCT TCGCCCAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 171 AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA TCG CCT -100 Target 172 AGG CGA TGA GGT TAA TAA CCT Beacon 40 63% ΔG = −0.92 L-01-63 -10 Beacon 173 GGAAGGGATAT AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA Probe/target 24 13 11 46% ΔG = −20.7 CTC CCT TCC Hybrid -50 Probe 174 AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA CTC CCT TCC -100 Target 175 GGA AGG GAG TGA GGT TAA TAA CCT Beacon 35 16 46% ΔG = −1.02 L-01-64 -10 Beacon 176 CGC TCAT TCA ACG GAA GCT CGT TCG Probe/target 22 11 11 50% ΔG = −21.5 ATGAGCG Hybrid -50 Probe 177 TCAT TCA ACG GAA GCT CGT TCG -100 Target 178 CGAAC GAGCTTCCGT TGAATGA Beacon 31 48% ΔG = −0.95 L-01-65 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-66 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-67 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-68 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-69 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-70 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-71 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-72 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-73 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-74 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-75 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-76 -10 Beacon 179 TGCCGGATT ATC TGA CCG TCC CAG Probe/target 18 8 10 56% ΔG = −19.9 GTT AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe 180 ATC TGA CCG TCC CAG GTT -100 Target 181 AAC CTG GGA CGG TCA GAT Beacon 37 57% ΔG = −0.80 L-01-77 -10 Beacon 182 ACGCTC ATA AGA TGT GGC GCA TGC Probe/target 18 9 9 50% −19.3 GAGCT Hybrid -50 Probe 183 ATA AGA TGT GGC GCA TGC Beacon 30 57% −0.64 -100 Target 184 GCA TGC GCC ACA TCT TAT L-01-78 -10 Beacon to be determined 0 −19.0 -50 Probe 185 ATT GCT AAC CTC GCT CGA −0.40 -100 Target 186 TCG AGC GAG GTT AGC AAT L-01-79 0 L-01-80 -10 Beacon 187 GGC GTC ACA CCG G AT ACG Probe/target 18 6 12 67% ΔG = −20.8 TAGTGCTACGCC Hybrid -50 Probe 188 GGC GTC ACA CCG G AT ACG -100 Target 189 CCGT ATC CGG TGT GAC GCC Beacon 30 63% ΔG = −0.84 L-01-81 -10 Beacon 190 ACTC GGC TTC ATG CCA ACA GTC Probe/target 21 11 10 57% −20.2 GAGT Hybrid -50 Probe 191 GGC TTC ATG CCA ACA GTC Beacon 25 56% −0.45 -100 Target 192 GAC TGT TGG CAT GAA GCC L-01-82 -10 Beacon 193 GACAC CAT AAG ATG CCG AGC GAG Probe/target 18 8 10 56% −19.2 GTGTC Hybrid -50 Probe 194 CAT AAG ATG CCG AGC GAG Beacon 28 57% −0.11 -100 Target 195 CTC GCT CGG CAT CTT ATG L-01-83 0 L-01-84 0 L-01-85 -10 Beacon 196 ACCGCCGGCGT A AGA CGA CTC GTC Probe/target 20 10 10 50% ΔG = −20.3 ATC ACC T TCGCCCAGCGGT Hybrid -50 Probe seq 197 A AGA CGA CTC GTC ATC ACC T 42 67% ΔG = −1.13 -100 Target 198 A GGT GAT GAC GAGTCG TCT T Beacon L-01-86 -10 Beacon 199 GCCGCCGGCGT GGC AGA TTC CTA Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −21.2 GGC ATT ACT TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 200 GGC AGA TTC CTA GGC ATT ACT -100 Target 201 AGT AAT GCC TAG GAA TCT GCC Beacon 44 30 68% ΔG = −1.65 L-01-87 -10 Beacon 202 AGCTC TGC GCT TTT GTG TAC GGG Probe/target 21 10 11 57% −25.3 GCT GAGCT Hybrid -50 Probe 203 TGC GCT TTT GTG TAC GGG GCT Beacon 31 58% −0.34 -100 Target 204 AGC CCC GTA CAC AAA AGC GCA L-01-88 −10 Beacon not required, competitor is not labelled Probe/target 18 7 11 61% −18.8 Hybrid -50 Probe 205 G TGCA TTT GTG TAC GGG GC Beacon -100 Target 206 AGC CCC GTA CAC AAA AGC GCA L-01-89 -10 Beacon 207 CGCTC CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G Probe/target 19 8 11 58% −21.1 GAGCG Hybrid -50 Probe 208 CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G Beacon 29 66% −0.78 -100 Target 209 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG L-01-90 -10 Beacon not required, competitor is not labelled Probe/target 20 10 10 50% −9.6 Hybrid −50 Probe 210 T CAC CTA CAT ATC AGC GTG C Beacon −0.26 −100 Target 211 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG A L-01-91 -10 Beacon ? Probe/target 18 9 9 50% Hybrid -50 Probe 212 GTT TAC CTG TGT GAC TGC Beacon -100 Target 0 L-01-92 -10 Beacon 213 TGCCGGATT CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC Probe/target 19 8 11 58% ΔG = −21.1 AGC G AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe seq 214 CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G -100 Target 215 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG Beacon 38 58% ΔG = −0.69 L-01-93 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-94 -10 Beacon 216 GCCGCCGGCGT CG AGA CTC TAG CTT Probe/target 20 9 11 55% ΔG = −21.8 GCC AGT TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 217 CG AGA CTC TAG CTT GCC AGT -100 Target 218 ACT GGC AAG CTA GAG TCT CG Beacon 43 72% ΔG = −1.76 L-01-95 -10 Beacon 219 TGCCGGATT TTC TCG TCC GTT CGC Probe/target 24 10 14 58% ΔG = −20.7 TCG ACT TGC AATCCCGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe seq 220 TTC TCG TCC GTT CGC TCG ACT TGC -100 Target 221 GCA AGT CGA GCG AAC GGA CGA GAA Beacon 43 58% ΔG = −0.22 L-01-96 -10 Beacon 222 GCAAC TT TCG CAC ATC AGC GTC AGT Probe/target 21 11 10 48% ΔG = −20.9 T GC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 223 TT TCG CAC ATC AGC GTC AGT T -100 Target 224 A ACT GAC GCT GAT GTG CGA AA Beacon 28 54% ΔG = −0.84 L-01-97 -10 Beacon 225 CCC TCT ACC ACA CTC TAG TCG GGT Probe/target 21 9 12 52% ΔG = −21.2 AGA GGG Hybrid -50 Probe seq 226 CCC TCT ACC ACA CTC TAG TCG -100 Target 227 CGA CTA GAG TGT GGT AGA GGG Beacon 30 57% ΔG = −1.63 L-01-98 -10 Beacon 228 GCCGCCGGCGT ACT CCT ACC AAC GTT Probe/target 21 10 11 48% ΔG = −20.5 CTT CTC TCGCCCAGCGGC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 229 ACT CCT ACC AAC GTT CTT CTC -100 Target 230 GAG AAG AAC GTT GGT AGG AGT Beacon 45 67% ΔG = −0.79 L-01-99 -10 Beacon 231 GGCCTTC GCC GTC CCT TTC TGG TTA Probe/target 21 10 11 52% ΔG = −22.3 GTT GAAGGCC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 232 GCC GTC CCT TTC TGG TTA GTT -100 Target 233 AAC TAA CCA GAA AGG GAC GGC Beacon 35 60% ΔG = −1.15 L-01-100 -10 Beacon 234 GCGT TAA GCA AAT GTC ATG CAA CAT Probe/target 25 17 8 32% ΔG = −20.4 CTA CTTAACGC Hybrid -50 Probe seq 235 T TAA GCA AAT GTC ATG CAA CAT CTA -100 Target 236 TAG ATG TTG CAT GAC ATT TGC TTA A Beacon 38 39% ΔG = −0.64 L-01-101 -10 Beacon 237 TGCCTTC GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA Probe/target 24 15 9 38% ΔG = −20.0 AAT TAC GAAGGCA Hybrid -50 Probe seq 238 GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA AAT TAC -100 Target 239 GTA ATT TAA AAG GGG CAA TTG CTC Beacon 38 45% ΔG = −1.01 L-01-102 -10 Beacon 240 ACGCTC GTT CCC CAA CTC CCT ACT Probe/target 18 8 10 56% −20.2 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 241 GTT CCC CAA CTC CCT ACT Beacon 30 60% −0.78 -100 Target 242 AGT AGG GAG TTG GGG AAC L-01-103 -10 Beacon 243 ACTC CCC CTT GTG TAA GGC AGG Probe/target 24 13 11 54% −21.4 GAGT Hybrid -50 Probe 244 CCC CTT GTG TAA GGC AGG Beacon 28 54% −0.61 -100 Target 245 CCT GCC TTA CAC AAG GGG L-01-104 -10 Beacon 246 ACGCTC CCC ACT TTG GTC CGA AGA Probe/target 18 8 10 56% −19.6 GAGCGT Hybrid -50 Probe 247 CCC ACT TTG GTC CGA AGA Beacon 30 60% −0.66 -100 Target 248 TCT TCG GAC CAA AGT GGG Loop Tm Td Probe match Probe match Diagostics target: (Suggs et Probe match direct hits I direct hits II direct hits III Code number 71 +/− 3° C. al) 48-60 RNA Blast hits (16S only) (16S only) (16S only) L-01-1 -10 71.6 62 41 Acinetobacter (651/1392) Moraxellaceae unclassified_Moraxellaceae (665/2068) (6/31) -50 65.9 -100 L-01-2 -10 72.2 62 Acinetobacter_baumannii_X81667 Moraxellaceae (23/2142) -50 69.8 -100 L-01-3 -10 -50 -100 L-01-4 -10 -50 -100 L-01-5 -10 70.8 62 -50 63.3 -100 L-01-6 -10 70.0 58 -50 67.8 -100 L-01-7 -10 69.4 68 -50 63.1 -100 L-01-8 -10 68.9 66 -50 66.6 -100 L-01-9 -10 68.6 56 -50 66.0 -100 L-01-10 -10 70.2 62 34 B burgdorferi/100 Borrelia 89 B burgdorferi/245 Borrelia -50 66.7 -100 L-01-11 -10 68.8 62 B. pertussis. Parapertussis, 0 0 0 -50 65.9 B_bronchiseptica, Bordetella_avium -100 L-01-12 -10 69.6 66 Burkholderiaceae (1867/2900) -50 68.0 -100 L-01-13 -10 69.0 64 Burkholderiaceae (78/2900) -50 69.0 -100 L- 68.8 62 Burkholderiaceae (3/2900) 69.0 L-01-14 -10 69.6 54 Burkholderiaceae (23/2900) -50 69.9 -100 L-01-15 -10 70.5 58 Burkholderiaceae (67/2900). B -50 65.3 pyrrocinea -100 L-01-16 -10 70.5 56 Burkholderiaceae (23/2900) -50 65.3 -100 L-01-17 -10 69.0 58 Burkholderiaceae (1/2900) -50 67.1 -100 L-01-18 -10 69.6 58 Burkholderiaceaei (143/2900) 67.1 L-01-19 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-20 -10 57 50 -50 68.3 -100 L-01-21 -10 63.6 52 -50 67.4 -100 L-01-22 -10 77.8 66 -50 68.5 -100 L-01-23 -10 70.1 56 -50 68.0 -100 L-01-24 -10 72.7 58 -50 -100 L-01-25 -10 57.7 48 -50 62.7 -100 L-01-26 -10 72.6 60 -50 67.8 -100 L-01-27 -10 69.8 58 -50 67.8 -100 L-01-28 -10 63.6 54 -50 62.7 -100 L-01-29 -10 61.9 54 -50 -100 L-01-30 -10 67.3 54 -50 62.5 -100 L-01-31 -10 68.2 56 -50 64.3 -100 L-01-32 -10 72.2 60 -50 67.8 -100 L-01-33 -10 65.8 54 -50 65.7 -100 L-01-34 -10 68.3 58 26/26 @ 40 -50 66.2 -100 L-01-35 -10 70.8 66 1/3 @48 others non clinical speces -50 66.4 -100 L-01-36 -10 68.2° 60 7/7 @ 40 -50 65.9 C -100 L-01-37 -10 74.0 C 58 8/11 @34; 3 non-clinical -50 69.5 C -100 L-01-38 -10 70.2 C 60 17/24 @ 40; 3 C fennica; -50 69.9 C 1 C solomi; 1 C spp; 2 uncultured -100 eukaryotic genes L-01-39 -10 71.5 C 56 51/55 @40 -50 70.0 C -100 L-01-40 -10 69.5° C. 62 4/11@42 -50 66.9° C. -100 L-01-41 -10 -50 -100 L-01-42 -10 69.0 64 only Citrobacter freundii and 0 0 0 -50 65.9 Pseudomonas aeruginosa @full score -100 L-01-43 -10 69.4 64 -50 65.6 -100 L-01-44 -10 69.4 66 Only C-diff @ full score Clostridium_difficile_X73450 Clostridiaceae -50 68.0 (18/8924) -100 L-01-45 -10 73.1 60 -50 65.2 -100 L-01-46 -10 69.1 62 Only Clostridium perfringens Clostridiaceae (49/7851) -50 67.6 with full score -100 L-01-47 -10 69.3 56 Only Clostridium perfringens Clostridiaceae (49/7851) -50 with full score -100 63.6 L-01-48 -10 71.3 64 Only Clostridium tetani with Clostridiaceae (1/8924) -50 full score -100 70.9 L-01-49 -10 -50 -100 L-01-50 -10 70.2 62 92 Enterobacteriaceae 0 0 0 -50 65.9 -100 L-01-51 -10 70.7 58 101 Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae (1857/5527) -50 including; Proteus (24/90); -100 68.2 Providencia (17/35) L-01-52 -10 69.7 64 101 Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae (2663/5527) -50 without Proteus&Providencia -100 66.7 L-01-53 -10 69.5 58 18 Enterococci genus Enterococcus (425/847) -50 -100 68.2 L-01-54 -10 67.7 56 only E. faecalis with full sore Enterococcus (193/803) the -50 other 600 are mostly -100 68.2 unclassified E, no faecalis L-01-55 -10 67.7 66 5 faecium and 1 faecalis at 64/157 are faecium only 1 0 0 -50 full score faecalis -100 64.0 L-01-56 -10 68.8 62 18 E. coli & EHEC/39 total rest 0 0 0 -50 is only Haemophilus_parasuis, -100 67.2 Mannheimia alucosida. L-01-57 -10 75.1 60 -50 67.7 -100 L-01-58 -10 -50 -100 L-01-59 -10 68 56 -50 66.2 -100 L-01-60 -10 70.6 66 Haemophilus_influenzae_F_U32708 Pasteurellaceae (283/2293) -50 -100 69.1 L-01-61 -10 69.2 64 Haemophilus_influenzae_F_U32708 Pasteurellaceae (278/2293) -50 -100 T 70.9 L-01-62 -10 68.1 60 Klebsiella_pneumoniae_Y17656 Enterobacteriaceae (32/5830) -50 -100 66.1 L-01-63 -10 69.3 70 Klebsiella_oxytoca_Y17655 Enterobacteriaceae (20/6874) -50 -100 68.3 L-01-64 -10 70.4 66 Lactobacillus_brevis_X61134 Lactobacillaceae (38/2674) -50 -100 66.6 L-01-65 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-66 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-67 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-68 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-69 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-70 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-71 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-72 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-73 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-74 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-75 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-76 -10 69.2 56 Only Legionella with full score 78 Legionella only -50 -100 68.2 L-01-77 -10 67.5 54 -50 67.3 -100 L-01-78 -10 67.1 0 -50 64.3 -100 L-01-79 0 L-01-80 -10 70.4 60 Proteus 23s sequence not found in 0 0 0 -50 data base; nearest hit is E. coli -100 66.2 with a score of 28 (out of 36) L-01-81 -10 69 62 -50 65.5 -100 L-01-82 -10 67.5 -50 63.2 -100 L-01-83 0 L-01-84 0 L-01-85 -10 69.1 60 -50 67.4 -100 L-01-86 -10 70.5 62 -50 -100 69.4 L-01-87 -10 77.6 64 -50 64.1 -100 L-01-88 -10 66.4 58 -50 -100 L-01-89 -10 70.8 60 -50 68.0 -100 L-01-90 -10 46 60 -50 64.0 -100 L-01-91 -10 54 -50 -100 L-01-92 -10 70.4 60 9 Salmonella, 1 Y enterolytica, no 0 0 0 -50 other hit -100 67.4 L-01-93 -10 0 -50 -100 L-01-94 -10 71.6 62 Serratia_marcescens_AF124042 opened, click to collapse genus -50 Serratia (249/544) (hits/total -100 69.9 searched) L-01-95 -10 69.9 76 12 Stapg aureus w full score, 77 out of 171 (Staur catches 78/ -50 no others 269 and is therefore less specific -100 64.0 L-01-96 -10 70.2 62 Staphylococcaceae -50 (1230/2473) -100 Tm = 66.4 Å° C. L-01-97 -10 70.5 66 -50 -100 70.8 L-01-98 -10 69.1 64 Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcaceae (96/7045) -50 Streptococcus difficile @ full score -100 65.7 L-01-99 -10 72.7 64 Streptococcus_criae_X58316 Lactobacillales (337/12134) -50 -100 69.9 L-01-100 -10 68.4 66 Streptococcus_mitis_D38482 -50 -100 65.9 L-01-101 -10 67.9 66 Streptococcus_pyogenes_AF076028 Streptococcaceae (95/7045) -50 -100 67.7 L-01-102 -10 69.1 56 -50 68.3 -100 L-01-103 -10 71.8 70 -50 67.5 -100 L-01-104 -10 68.1 56 -50 67.0 -100 Loop Diagostics Code number Reference for cognate sequence L-01-1 -10 Wagner M., Erhart R., Manz W., Amann R., Lemmer H., Wedi D. and Schleifer K.-H. (1994). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60: -50 792-800. -100 L-01-2 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-3 -10 -50 -100 L-01-4 -10 -50 -100 L-01-5 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-6 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-7 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-8 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-9 -10 See also Pat. 4,977,251 11.12.1990: DNA Sonden für die Detektion von Bacteroides Spezies (expired) Manz W., et al.. -50 (1996). Application of a suite of 16S rRNA-specific oligonucleotide probes designed to investigate bacteria of the phylum -100 cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides in the natural environment. Microbiol. 142: 1097-1106. L-01-10 -10 Hammer et al, Microbiology (2001), 147, 1425-1436. -50 -100 L-01-11 -10 Jürgen Bohnert, Barbara Hübner, Konrad Botzenhart, Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 203, 77-82 (2000) -50 -100 L-01-12 -10 New -50 -100 L-01-13 -10 New: according to Govan this should cover, B. pyrocina, stabilis, multivorans, cepacia, ambiforia -50 -100 L- New: according to Govan this should cover, B. dolosa, cenocepacia, vietnamensis, anthina L-01-14 -10 New: only B. cepacia and tropicalis -50 -100 L-01-15 -10 New, catches B pyrocina, stabilis and ambifaria -50 -100 L-01-16 -10 New: according to Govan this should cover, B. doloda anthinia -50 -100 L-01-17 -10 New: according to Govan this should cover, B. multivorans -50 -100 L-01-18 -10 New: according to Govan this should cover, B. cenocepacia and vietnamiensis L-01-19 -10 Popped presentation in Jena, slides available, and Sven Poppert, Andreas Essig, Reinhard Marre, Michael Wagner, and -50 Matthias Horn. 2002. Detection and differentiation of chlamydiae by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Appl. 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TABLE 2 PNA-suitable? length inverse seq., (max Loop on <3- on 4 palindromes/ Diagostics Target GC on GC base self purins 18) repeats/ Code number organism Sequence 5′-3′ Length content content complem. in a row hairpin Final L-01-1 -10 Acinetobacter TGCCGGATT ACC ATC CTC TCC CAT Beacon 39 54% yes no no no no ACT CTA AATCCCGGCA -50 ACC ATC CTC TCC CAT ACT CTA Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes yes yes no no -100 TAG AGT ATG GGA GAG GAT GGT L-01-2 -10 Acinatobacter GCGCG TC CGG TAG CAA GCT ACC Beacon 30 21 70% no no no no no baumanii TTC CGCGC -50 TC CGG TAG CAA GCT ACC TTC Probe/target Hybrid 20 11 55% yes no no no -100 GAA GGT AGC TTG CTA CCG GA L-01-3 -10 Actinomyces -50 spp. -100 L-01-4 -10 Aspergillus spp -50 -100 L-01-5 -10 Aspergillus CCGCCGGCGT AC AGA GTT CGT GGT Beacon 41 29 71% no yes no no flavus GTC TCC TCGCCCAGCGG -50 AC AGA GTT CGT GGT GTC TCC Probe/target Hybrid 20 11 55% yes no no no no -100 GGA GAC ACC ACG AAC TCT GT L-01-6 -10 Aspergillus cgtc gcc tac aga gca ggt gac g Beacon 23 15 65% no yes no no -50 fumigatus gcc tac aga gca ggt gac Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no no yes no -100 gtc acc tgc tct gta ggc L-01-7 -10 Aspergillus ctctga a ctg att gca ttc aat caa Beacon 32 13 41% yes yes no no niger ctc agag -50 a ctg att gca ttc aat caa ctc aga Probe/target Hybrid 25 9 36% yes no yes no no -100 tct gag ttg att gaa tgc aat cag t L-01-8 -10 Appergillus TCCGTC tga ttg caa aga atc aca ctc Beacon 36 17 47% yes yes no no terreus aga GACGGA -50 tga ttg caa aga atc aca ctc aga Probe/target Hybrid 24 9 38% yes no yes no no -100 tct gag tgt gat tct ttg caa tca L-01-9 -10 Bacteroides/ GCCGCCGGCAT CCA ATG TGG GGG Beacon 39 74% no no no no Prevotella ACC TTC TAGCCCAGCGGC -50 CCA ATG TGG GGG ACC TTC Probe/target Hybrid 17 11 59% yes no no yes no -100 GAA GGT CCC CCA CAT TGG L-01-10 -10 Borrelia TGCCGGATT CA TGC TTA AGA CGC Beacon 39 56% yes yes no no burgdorferi ACT GCC AATCCCGGCA -50 CA TGC TTA AGA CGC ACT GCC Probe/target Hybrid 20 11 50% yes no no no no -100 GGC AGT GCG TCT TAA GCA TG L-01-11 -10 Bordetella TGCCGGATT CAG CAC TCT GCA AAG Beacon 40 53% yes yes no no pertussis ACG AAA AATCCCGGCA -50 CAG CAC TCT GCA AAG ACG AAA Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no no no -100 TTT CGT CTT TGC AGA GTG CTG L-01-12 -10 Burkholderia ACCGCTC TTT CTT TCC GGA CAA AAG Beacon 39 51% yes no no no cepacia TGC TTT GAGCGGCT -50 complex = TTT CTT TCC GGA CAA AAG TGC TTT Probe/target Hybrid 24 9 38% yes no no no no -100 Option I AAA GCA CTT TTG TCC GGA AAG AAA L-01-13 -10 Burkholderia CGCCTTC AGA ACC AAG GAT TTC Beacon 36 56% yes no no no cepacia TTT CCG G GAAGGCG -50 complex, two AGA ACC AAG GAT TTC TTT CCG G Probe/target Hybrid 22 10 45% yes no no no no -100 beacons = CCG GAA AGA AAT CCT TGG TTC T Option II L- ACGCA AGAGCCAAGGTTTTCTTTCCG Beacon 34 50% yes yes no no CTTGCGT AGA GCC AAG GTT TTC TTT CCG Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no yes no no CGG AAA GAA AAC CTT GGC TCT L-01-14 -10 Burkholderia ACGCTC G TCA TCC CCC GGC CAT Beacon 28 68% no no no no cepacia GAGCGT -50 G TCA TCC CCC GGC CAT Probe/target Hybrid 16 11 69% no no no yes no -100 ATG GCC GGG GGA TGA C L-01-15 -10 Burkholderia CGCTC CGT CAT CCC CCG GCT ATA Beacon 29 69% no no no no pyrrocinia/ GGAGCG -50 stabilis/ambifaria CGT CAT CCC CCG GCT ATA Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no no yes no -100 TAT AGC CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-16 -10 Burkholderia CCGCTC GT CAT CCC CCG GCT GTA Beacon 29 72% no no no no dolosa/anthina GAGCGG -50 GT CAT CCC CCG GCT GTA Probe/target Hybrid 17 11 65% no no no yes no -100 TAC AGC CGG GGG ATG AC L-01-17 -10 Burkholderia GCCGCCGGCGT CGT CAT CCC CCG Beacon 41 73% no no no no multivorans ATC GTA TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 CGT CAT CCC CCG ATC GTA Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no no yes no -100 TAC GAT CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-18 -10 Burkholderia GCCGCCGGCGT CGT CAT CCC CCG Beacon 41 76% no no no no cenocepacia/ ACT GTA TCGCCCAGCGGC vietnamiensis CGT CAT CCC CCG ACT GTA Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no no yes no TAC AGT CGG GGG ATG ACG L-01-19 -10 Campylobacter GCC CTA AGC GTC CTT CCA 18 11 61% no no yes no -50 (pathogenic -100 thermophiles L-01-20 -10 Campylobacterlari ACGCTC GAA GTG TAA GCA ACT AAA Beacon 31 45% yes yes no no T GAGCGT -50 GAA GTG TAA GCA ACT AAA T Probe/target Hybrid 19 6 32% yes no yes no no -100 A TTT AGT TGC TTA CAC TTC L-01-21 -10 Campylobacter ACGCTC AGC TAA CCA CTT ATA CCG Beacon 30 53% yes yes no no jejuni GAGCGT -50 AGC TAA CCA CTT ATA CCG Probe/target Hybrid 18 8 44% yes no no yes no -100 CGG TAT AAG TGG TTA GCT L-01-22 -10 Cp. upsaliensis CCGCTC CGT GTG TCG CCC TAG GCG Beacon 32 72% no no no no no TA GAGCGG -50 CGT GTG TCG CCC TAG GCG TA Probe/target Hybrid 20 13 65% no no no no -100 TA CGC CTA GGG CGA CAC ACG L-01-23 -10 Cp coli CCGCTC TCG ATG GCA TCA GGG GTT Beacon 30 67% no no no no no GAGCGG -50 TCG ATG GCA TCA GGG GTT Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 AAC CCC TGA TGC CAT CGA L-01-24 -10 Cp coli-comp not required, competitor is Beacon not labelled -50 TCG ACG GCA TCA GGG GTT Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no yes no -100 AAC CCC TGA TGC CGT CGA L-01-25 -10 Chlamydia ACGCCGGCGT TAG CTG ATA TCA CAT Beacon 39 59% yes no yes no no AGA TCGCCCAGCGT -50 TAG CTG ATA TCA CAT AGA Probe/target Hybrid 18 6 33% yes no yes no -100 TCT ATG TGA TAT CAG CTA L-01-26 -10 Chlamydiaceae TCCGCCGGCGT CTT TCC GCC TAC Beacon 41 73% no no no no no ACG CCC TCGCCCAGCGGA -50 CTT TCC GCC TAC ACG CCC Probe/target Hybrid 18 12 67% no no yes no -100 GGG CGT GTA GGC GGA AAG L-01-27 -10 Chlamydiales TCCGCCGGCGT CCT CCG TAT TAC Beacon 41 71% no no no no no CGC AGC TCGCCCAGCGGA -50 CCT CCG TAT TAC CGC AGC Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no yes no -100 GCT GCG GTA ATA CGG AGG L-01-28 -10 Chlamydophila ACGCCGGCGT CTA ACT TTC CTT TCC Beacon 39 64% no no no no no GCC TCGCCCAGCGT -50 CTA ACT TTC CTT TCC GCC Probe/target Hybrid 18 9 50% yes no yes no -100 GGC GGA AAG GAA AGT TAG L-01-29 -10 Chlamydia TCCACCGGCGT CTC TTC CTC AAC Beacon 41 61% no no yes no no pneumoniae CGA AAG TCGCCCAGTGGA -50 CTC TTC CTC AAC CGA AAG Probe/target Hybrid 18 9 50% yes no yes no -100 CTT TCG GTT GAG GAA GAG L-01-30 -10 “Chlamydia TCAGCCGGCGT AAG GCA AAA CCA Beacon 41 61% no no yes no no psittaci” group ACT CCC TCGCCCAGCTGA -50 AAG GCA AAA CCA ACT CCC Probe/target Hybrid 18 9 50% yes no yes no -100 GGG AGT TGG TTT TGC CTT L-01-31 -10 Subgroup of the CCGCCGGCGT TCC GTT TTC TCC GCC Beacon 39 69% no no no no no Parachlamydiaceae TAC TCGCCCAGCGG -50 TCC GTT TTC TCC GCC TAC Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 50% yes no yes no -100 GTA GGC GGA GAA AAC GGA L-01-32 -10 Chlamydia ssp. TCCGCCGGCGT GCT CCC CTT GCT Beacon 42 69% no no no no no TTC GCG TCGCCCAGCGGA -50 GCT CCC CTT GCT TTC GCG Probe/target Hybrid 18 12 61% no no yes no -100 CGC GAA AGC AAG GGG AGC L-01-33 -10 Chlamydia ACGCTC TCG GAT GCC CAA ATA TCG Beacon 30 57% yes no no no no trachomatis GAGCGT -50 TCG GAT GCC CAA ATA TCG Probe/target Hybrid 18 9 50% yes no yes no -100 CGA TAT TTG GGC ATC CGA L-01-34 -10 Canda albicans GG aa tgg cta ccc aga agg aaa Beacon 29 15 52% yes no yes no no CCATTCC -50 aa tgg cta ccc aga agg aaa Probe/target Hybrid 20 9 45% yes yes no no -100 ttt cct tct ggg tag cca tt L-01-35 -10 Canda krusei CCGCTC tgt att agc tct aga ttt Beacon 36 19 53% yes no yes no no cca cgg GAGCGG -50 tgt att agc tct aga ttt cca cgg Probe/target Hybrid 24 9 38% yes no no no -100 ccg tgg aaa tct aga gct aat aca L-01-36 -10 Candida GTTTGcc ccg aaa gag taa ctt gca Beacon 32 16 50% yes no no no no dubliniensis GGCAAAC -50 cc ccg aaa gag taa ctt gca Probe/target Hybrid 20 10 50% yes no no no -100 tgc aag tta ctc ttt cgg gg L-01-37 -10 Candida GCCGCCGGCGT gg cca ccc agg ccc aaa Beacon 40 32 80% no no no no no glabrata TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 gg cca ccc agg ccc aaa Probe/target Hybrid 17 12 71% no no yes no -100 ttt ggg cct ggg tgg cc L-01-38 -10 Candida GCCGCCGGCGT gc caa aaa ggc tag cca Beacon 43 30 70% no no no no no Parapsilosis gaa TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 gc caa aaa ggc tag cca gaa Probe/target Hybrid 20 10 50% yes no no no -100 ttc tgg cta gcc ttt ttg gc L-01-39 -10 Candida spp ACGC gct tgg ctg gcc ggt c GCGT Beacon -50 g acc ggc cag cca agc Probe/target Hybrid 16 12 75% no no yes no -100 gct tgg ctg gcc ggt c 24 18 75% no no no no no L-01-40 -10 Candida ACCGCCGGCGT tac gca tca gaa aga tgg Beacon 44 28 64% no no yes no no tropicales acc TCGCCCAGCGGT -50 tac gca tca gaa aga tgg acc Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no -100 GGT CCA TCT TTC TGA TGC GTA L-01-41 -10 Candida Beacon -50 lusitaniae Probe/target Hybrid -100 L-01-42 -10 Citrobacter TGCCGGATT C TAC TTG TTA GGT Beacon 40 53% yes no yes no no freundii GAC TGC GT AATCCCGGCA -50 C TAC TTG TTA GGT GAC TGC GT Probe/target Hybrid 21 11 48% yes no no no -100 AC GCA GTC ACC TAA CAA GTA G L-01-43 -10 Clostridium TCTTG TAG T GC CGT TTC ATG CGA Beacon 33 42% yes no no no no botulinum AAC TAC AA GA -50 GC CGT TTC ATG CGA AAC TAC AA Probe/target Hybrid 22 10 45% yes no no no -100 TT GTA GTT TCG CAT GAA ACG GC L-01-44 -10 Clostridium GCCGCCGGCGT CGAAG TAA ATC Beacon 46 30 65% no no yes no no difficile GCT CAA CTT GCA TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 CGA AGT AAA TCG CTC AAC TTG CA Probe/target Hybrid 23 10 43% yes no no no -100 TGC AAG TTG AGC GAT TTA CTT CG L-01-45 -10 Clostridium spp CGCTCA CAC CCG TCC GCC GCT AAT Beacon 29 69% no no no no no GAGCG -50 CAC CCG TCC GCC GCT AAT Probe/target Hybrid 18 12 67% no no yes no -100 ATT AGC GGC GGA CGG GTG L-01-46 -10 Clostridium GCCGCCGGCGT G ATT GCT CCT TTG Beacon 44 68% no no yes no no perfringens GTT GAA TGA TG TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 G ATT GCT CCT TTG GTT GAA TGA TG Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no no -100 CA TCA TTC AAC CAA AGG AGC AAT C L-01-47 -10 Clostridium ACGCTC GGT TGA ATG ATG ATG CCA Beacon 31 52% yes no yes no no perfringens T GAGCGT -50 GGT TGA ATG ATG ATG CCA TCT TT Probe/target Hybrid 19 9 42% yes yes no no -100 AA AGA TGG CAT CAT CAT TCA ACC L-01-48 -10 Clostridium GCGGAC CT GTG TTA CTC ACC CGT Beacon 27 18 52% yes no no no no tetani CCG C -50 CT GTG TTA CTC ACC CGT CCG Probe/target Hybrid 20 12 42% yes no no no -100 CGG ACG GGT GAG TAA CAC AG L-01-49 -10 Cryptococcus Beacon -50 neoformans Probe/target Hybrid -100 L-01-50 -10 Enterobacteriaceae TGCCGGATT TT CGT GTT TGC ACA Beacon 40 53% yes no yes no no GTG CTG T AATCCCGGCA -50 TT CGT GTT TGC ACA GTG CTG T Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no no -100 A CAG CAC TGT GCA AAC ACG AA L-01-51 -10 Enterobacteriaceae TGCCGGATT TCT CGC GAG GTC GCT Beacon 27 16 59% yes no no no no TCT AATCCCGGCA -50 TCT CGC GAG GTC GCT TCT Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no yes no -100 AGA AGC GAC CTC GCG AGA L-01-52 -10 Enterobacteriaceae TGCCGGATT CCC CCW CTT TGG TCT Beacon 39 59% yes no no no no TGC GA AATCCCGGCA -50 CCC CCW CTT TGG TCT TGC GA Probe/target Hybrid 20 12 60% no no no no -100 TC GCA AGA CCA AAG WGG GGG L-01-53 -10 Enterococci TGCCGGATT ATC CAT CAG CGA CAC Beacon 38 58% yes no no no no CCG AATCCCGGCA -50 ATC CAT CAG CGA CAC CCG Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no yes no -100 CGG GTG TCG CTG ATG GAT L-01-54 -10 Enterococcus TGCCGGATT CCC TCT GAT GGG TAG Beacon 37 57% yes no yes no no faecalis GTT AATCCCGGCA -50 CCC TCT GAT GGG TAG GTT Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 AAC CTA CCC ATC AGA GGG L-01-55 -10 Enterococcus GCCGCCGGCGT TTC AAA TCA AAA Beacon 47 62% no no yes no no faecium CCA TGC GGT TTC TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 TTC AAA TCA AAA CCA TGC GGT TTC Probe/target Hybrid 24 9 38% yes no no no -100 GAA ACC GCA TGG TTT TGA TTT GAA L-01-56 -10 Escherichia coil TGCCGGATT GGA AGA AGC TTG CTT Beacon 40 53% yes no yes no no CTT TGC AATCCCGGCA -50 GGA AGA AGC TTG CTT CTT TGC Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no no -100 GCA AAG AAG GAA GCT TCT TCC L-01-57 -10 Eu-bacteria CGCTC GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT Beacon 28 71% no no no no GAGCG -50 GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT Probe/target Hybrid 18 12 67% no no no yes no -100 ACT CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC L-01-58 -10 Fusarium spp -50 -100 L-01-59 -10 Gardnerella ACGCTC CAC CAT GAA GCA ACC CGT Beacon 30 60% no no no no no vaginalis GAGCGT -50 CAC CAT GAA GCA ACC CGT Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 ACG GGT TGC TTC ATG GTG L-01-60 -10 Haemophilus ACCCGCTA TT CCG ATA ATA CGC Beacon 35 51% yes no no no no influenzae GGT ATT AGC GGGT -50 TT CCG ATA ATA CGC GGT ATT AGC Probe/target Hybrid 23 10 43% yes no no no -100 GCT AAT ACC GCG TAT TAT CGG AA L-01-61 -10 Haemophilus CGGTGCTC TA ATA CGC GGT ATT Beacon 39 56% yes no no no no influenzae AGC GAC AG AGAGCACCG -50 TA ATA CGC GGT ATT AGC GAC AG Probe/target Hybrid 22 10 45% yes no no no -100 CT GTC GCT AAT ACC GCG TAT AT L-01-62 -10 Klebsiella ACGCCGGCGT AGG TTA TTA ACC Beacon 40 63% no no no no pneumoniae TCA TCG CCT TCGCCCAGCGT -50 AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA TCG CCT Probe/target Hybrid 21 9 43% yes no no no -100 AGG CGA TGA GGT TAA TAA CCT L-01-63 -10 Klebsiella GGAAGGGATAT AGG TTA TTA ACC Beacon 35 16 46% yes no yes no no oxytoca TCA CTC CCT TCC -50 AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA CTC CCT TCC Probe/target Hybrid 24 111 46% yes yes no no -100 GGA AGG GAG TGA GGT TAA TAA CCT L-01-64 -10 Lactobacillus CGC TCAT TCA ACG GAA GCT CGT Beacon 31 48% yes no yes no no brevis TCG ATGAGCG -50 TCAT TCA ACG GAA GCT CGT TCG Probe/target Hybrid 22 11 50% yes yes no no -100 CGAAC GAGCTTCCGT TGAATGA L-01-65 -10 Mycobacterium Beacon -50 avium Probe/target Hybrid -100 L-01-66 -10 Mycobacterium -50 bovis -100 L-01-67 -10 Mycobacterium -50 chelonae -100 L-01-68 -10 Mycobacterium -50 fortuitum -100 L-01-69 -10 Mycobacterium -50 gordonae -100 L-01-70 -10 Mycobacterium -50 intracellulare -100 L-01-71 -10 Mycobacterium -50 kansasil -100 L-01-72 -10 Mycobacterium -50 malmoense -100 L-01-73 -10 Mycobacterium -50 smegmatis -100 L-01-74 -10 Mycobacterium -50 tuberculosis -100 L-01-75 -10 Mycobacterium -50 xenopi -100 L-01-76 -10 Legionella TGCCGGATT ATC TGA CCG TCC CAG Beacon 37 57% yes no yes no no pneumophila GTT AATCCCGGCA -50 ATC TGA CCG TCC CAG GTT Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 AAC CTG GGA CGG TCA GAT L-01-77 -10 Listeria ACGCTC ATA AGA TGT GGC GCA TGC Beacon 30 57% yes no no no no monocytogenes GAGCGT -50 ATA AGA TGT GGC GCA TGC Probe/target Hybrid 18 9 50% yes no yes no -100 GCA TGC GCC ACA TCT TAT L-01-78 -10 Mycoplasma TBD Beacon -50 hominis ATT GCT AAC CTC GCT CGA Probe/target Hybrid -100 TCG AGC GAG GTT AGC AAT L-01-79 Nocardia spp. Beacon Probe/target Hybrid L-01-80 -10 Proteus GGC GTC ACA CCG G AT ACG Beacon 30 63% no no no no no mirabill/vulgaris TAGTGCTACGCC -50 GGC GTC ACA CCG G AT ACG Probe/target Hybrid 18 12 67% yes no yes no -100 CCGT ATC CGG TGT GAC GCC L-01-81 -10 Pneumoscystis-1 ACTC GGC TTC ATG CCA ACA GTC Beacon 25 56% yes no yes no no GAGT -50 GGC TTC ATG CCA ACA GTC Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 57% yes yes no no -100 GAC TGT TGG CAT GAA GCC L-01-82 -10 Pneumocystis-2 GACAC CAT AAG ATG CCG AGC GAG Beacon 28 57% yes no no no no GTGTC -50 CAT AAG ATG CCG AGC GAG Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 CTC GCT CGG CAT CTT ATG L-01-83 Propionibacterium acnes L-01-84 Propionibacterium spp (other than Psaer) L-01-85 -10 Pseudomonas ACCGCCGGCGT A AGA CGA CTC GTC Beacon 42 67% no no yes no no aeruginosa ATC ACC T TCGCCCAGCGGT -50 A AGA CGA CTC GTC ATC ACC T Probe/target Hybrid 20 10 50% yes no no no -100 A GGT GAT GAC GAGTCG TCT T L-01-86 -10 Pseudomonas GCCGCCGGCGT GGC AGA TTC CTA Beacon 44 30 68% no no yes no no spp GGC ATT ACT TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 GGC AGA TTC CTA GGC ATT ACT Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes no no no -100 AGT AAT GCC TAG GAA TCT GCC L-01-87 -10 Salmonellen AGCTC TGC GCT TTT GTG TAC GGG Beacon 31 58% yes no no no no GCT GAGCT -50 TGC GCT TTT GTG TAC GGG GCT Probe/target Hybrid 21 11 57% yes no no no -100 AGC CCC GTA CAC AAA AGC GCA L-01-88 -10 Salmonellen not required, competitor Beacon 331 Komp is not labelled -50 G TGCA TTT GTG TAC GGG GC Probe/target Hybrid 18 11 61% no no yes no -100 AGC CCC GTA CAC AAA AGC GCA L-01-89 -10 Salmonellen CGCTC CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G Beacon 29 66% no no yes no no GAGCG -50 CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G Probe/target Hybrid 19 11 58% yes no no no -100 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG L-01-90 -10 Salmonellen not required, competitor Beacon is not labelled -50 T CAC CTA CAT ATC AGC GTG C Probe/target Hybrid 20 10 50% yes no yes no no -100 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG A L-01-91 -10 Salmonellen Beacon -50 Probe/target Hybrid -100 L-01-92 -10 Salmonella TGCCGGATT CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC Beacon 38 58% yes no yes no no AGC G AATCCCGGCA -50 CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G Probe/target Hybrid 19 11 58% yes no no no -100 C GCT GAC ACG TAG GTG AAG L-01-93 -10 Serratia spp Beacon -50 Probe/target Hybrid -100 L-01-94 -10 Serratia GCCGCCGGCGT CG AGA CTC TAG Beacon 43 72% no no yes no no marcesceris CTT GCC AGT TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 CG AGA CTC TAG CTT GCC AGT Probe/target Hybrid 20 11 55% yes no no no -100 ACT GGC AAG CTA GAG TCT CG L-01-95 -10 Staphylococcus TGCCGGATT TTC TCG TCC GTT CGC Beacon 43 158% yes no yes no no aureus TCG ACT TGC AATCCCGGCA -50 TTC TCG TCC GTT CGC TCG ACT TGC Probe/target Hybrid 24 14 58% yes no no no -100 GCA AGT CGA GCG AAC GGA CGA GAA L-01-96 -10 Staphylococci GCAAC TT TCG CAC ATC AGC GTC Beacon 281 54% yes no yes no no AGT T GC -50 TT TCG CAC ATC AGC GTC AGT T Probe/target Hybrid 21 10 48% yes yes no no -100 A ACT GAC GCT GAT GTG CGA AA L-01-97 -10 Stenotrophomonas CCC TCT ACC ACA CTC TAG TCG GGT Beacon 30 57% yes no no no no maltofilia AGA GGG -50 CCC TCT ACC ACA CTC TAG TCG Probe/target Hybrid 21 12 52% yes no no no -100 CGA CTA GAG TGT GGT AGA GGG L-01-98 -10 Streptococcus GCCGCCGGCGT ACT CCT ACC AAC Beacon 45 67% no no yes no no agalactiae GTT CTT CTC TCGCCCAGCGGC -50 ACT CCT ACC AAC GTT CTT CTC Probe/target Hybrid 21 11 48% yes no no no -100 GAG AAG AAC GTT GGT AGG AGT L-01-99 -10 Streptococci GGCCTTC GCC GTC CCT TTC TGG Beacon 35 60% no no no no no TTA GTT GAAGGCC -50 GCC GTC CCT TTC TGG TTA GTT Probe/target Hybrid 21 11 52% yes no no no -100 AAC TAA CCA GAA AGG GAC GGC L-01-100 -10 Streptococcus GCGT TAA GCA AAT GTC ATG CAA CAT Beacon 38 39% yes no yes no no pneumoniae CTA CTTAACGC -50 T TAA GCA AAT GTC ATG CAA CAT CTA Probe/target Hybrid 25 8 32% yes yes no no -100 TAG ATG TTG CAT GAC ATT TGC TTA A L-01-101 -10 Streptococcus TGCCTTC GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA Beacon 38 45% yes no no no no pyogenes AAT TAC GAAGGCA -50 GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA AAT TAC Probe/target Hybrid 24 9 38% yes no no no -100 GTA ATT TAA AAG GGG CAA TTG CTC L-01-102 -10 Ureaplasma ACGCTC GTT CCC CAA CTC CCT ACT Beacon 30 60% no no no no no urealyticum GAGCGT -50 GTT CCC CAA CTC CCT ACT Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 AGT AGG GAG TTG GGG AAC L-01-103 -10 Urogenital- ACTC CCC CTT GTG TM GGC AGG Beacon 28 54% yes no no no no Peptostreptococci GAGT -50 CCC CTT GTG TAA GGC AGG Probe/target Hybrid 24 11 54% yes no no no -100 CCT GCC TTA CAC AAG GGG L-01-104 -10 Yersinia ACGCTC CCC ACT TTG GTC CGA AGA Beacon 30 60% no no yes no no enterocolitica GAGCGT -50 CCC ACT TTG GTC CGA AGA Probe/target Hybrid 18 10 56% yes no yes no -100 TCT TCG GAC CAA AGT GGG

TABLE 3 List of Beacon probes that work under identical conditions as in Table 1 and possess very similar physicochemical conditions Target organism Beacon name Sequence 5′-3′ Acinetobacter spp. B-Acibact-1 TGCCGGTT TTAGGCCAGATGGCTGCC AATCCCGGCA Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspfum CCGG CCC CCG AGA GGT GAT ACA T GCCGG Aspergillus niger, Aspnig CCGGC AAT TAC AAT GCG GAC TCC GAA G CCGG Klebsiella pneumoniae, B;Klepne-2 ACGCCGGCGT AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA TCG CCT TCGCCCAGCGT Mycobacterium avium Complex, B.Mycav CCC GGT GTT GAT ATA AGG CAG GTG CCGGG Mycobacterium chelonae, B-Mchel CCCGG CA TGA AGT GTG TGG TCC TAT CCGGG Mycobacterium fortuitum, B-Mfort CCCGG TGA AGC GCG TGG TCA TAT TC CCGGG Mycobacterium gordonae, B-Mgord CCCGG TGT GTC CTG TGG TCC TAT TC CCGGG Mycobacterium intracellulare, B-Mintra CCCGG AC ATG CGT CTA AAG GTC CTA CCGGG Mycobacterium kansasii/gastri, B-Mkan CCCGG TA GAG CTG AGA CGT ATC GAT C CGGG Mycobacterium malmoense, B-Mmalm CCG CG CCA CTG AAA CGC CCT ATT CGCGG Mycobacterium smegmatis, B-Msmeg CCCGG CAC GTC GAG GGC TCT GAC CCGGG Mycobacterium tuberculosis B-Mtb-compl CCA CCG GAG AGG AAA complex, AGG AGG TGG Mycobacterium xenopi, B-Mxen CCGCG C CGC TAC CAA ACG CTT TC GCGG Shigella (some E. coli), B-Shig CCGGG tca ccc tgt atc gca cac ct CCCGG Staphylococcus aureus, B-Staphau TGCCGGATT TTC TCG TCC GTT CGC TCG ACT TGC AATCCCGGCA Streptococcus agalactiae, B-Straga-2 GCCGCCGGCGT ACT CCT ACC AAC GTT CTT CTC TCGCCCAGCGGC Streptococcus pyogenes, B-Strpyo-C TGCCTTC GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA AAT TAC GAAGGCA Citrobacter freundii, Citfreu-WI CCCGGT CGC TTC ATT ACG CTA TGT ATC C ACCGGG Streptococcus pyogenes, B-Strpyo-D CGCTC GAG CAA TTG CCC CTT TTA AAT TAC GAGCG Streptococcus pneumoniae, B-Strepne-2 CCGT TAA GCA AAT GTC ATG CAA CAT CTA CTTA ACGG Streptococci, F111 B-Strept-2 CGCCTTC GCC GTC CCT TTC TGG TTA GTT GAAGGCG Streptococcus agalactiae, B-Straga-3 CCGCT ACT CCT ACC AAC GTT CTT CTC AGCGG Serratia marcescens, B-Sermarc CCGCTC CG AGA CTC TAG CTT GCC AGT GAGCGG Pseudomonas spp., B-Psspp CGCTC GGC AGA TTC CTA GGC ATT ACT GAGCG Staphylococci, B-Staphspp-2 CCAAC TT TCG CAC ATC AGC GTC AGT T GG Salmonella, B-Sal 1686 CGCTC CTT CAC CTA CGT GTC AGC G GAGCG Pseudomonas aeruginosa, B-Psaer D CCCGG A AGA CGA CTC GTC ATC AGC T CCGGG Legionella pneumophila, B-Legpne CC GG ATC TGA CCG TCC CAG GTT CC GG Klebsiella oxytoca, B-Kleboxy CCGAGGT AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA CTC CCT TCC TCGG Staphylococcus aureus, B-Staur-W1 CCCCT CAA GCT TCT CGT CCG TTC G A GGGG Listeria monocytogenes, Lismon CCTA GCA TGC GCC ACA TCT TAT CA GCTAGG Klebsiella pneumoniae, B-Klepne-3 CAGGCTT AGG TTA TTA ACC TCA TCG CCT G Haemophilus influenzae, B-Haeinf CCCGG CC GCA CTT TCA TCT TCC GAT CCGGG Burkholderia spp., B-Burk. Spp CCCGG CCA GTC ACC AAT GCA GTT CC CCGGG Burkholderia cepatia & Burkholderia B-Burcep-cen WI CCT GCC TA TGT ATT CAG cenocepatia, CCA TGG CAGG Burkholderia malii & Burkholderia B-Burpseumal WI GGGCC T CGC CTC ACT pseudomalei, AGA CCT ATG CCGGG Burkholderia vietnamensis, B-Burviet WI CCCGG T CGC TTC TCT GGA CCT ATG CCGGG Burkholderia multivorans, B-Burmult WI CCCGG CTT CAC CCT TCC AGC GCA CCGGG Burkholderia gladioli, B-Burgla WI CCAGC GG TAC GGT CAC TGT TAA ACT GCTGG Acinetobacter spp, B-Acibact-2 CCGTAG ACC ATC CTC TCC CAT ACT CTA CGG Acinetobacter baumanii, B-Acinbaum-3 C CG CTA GGT CCG GTA GCA AGC GG Aspergillus flavus, B-Aspfla-3 CGGCC TAC ATT CCG GGA GCC TTT G GCCG Aspergillus terreus, Aspter CCGAT CAG ACA CCC CGC CCC ATA GATCGG Bacteroides/Prevotella, B-BacPrev CCGCG GT GTC TCA GTT CCA ATG TGG G CGCGG Borrelia B-Borrcompl CCCGG GGT AAC AGA TAA burgdorferi + garinii + afzelii + valaisiana, CAA GGG TTG CCCGGG Bordetella pertussis, B-Borper CCGGG CTC CCC ACA CTT TCG TGC A CCCGG Escherichia coli, B-Ecol-II CCG GCA AAG AAG CAA GCT TCT TCC CCGG Gardnerella vaginalis, Garvag CCGCTC CAC CAT GAA GCA ACC CGT GAGCGG Eu-bacteria, B-Eub-338 CCGCGT GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT CGCGG Enterococcus faecium, B-Encoc-ium C TTC AAA TCA AAA CCA TGC GGT TTC ATTTGAAG Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, B-Stemal-2 CCCGGA CCC TCT ACC ACA CTC TAG TCG CCGGG Enterococcus faecalis, B-Encoc-alis-1 CAACCA CCC TCT GAT GGG TAG GTT G Enterococci, B-Entcoc CCCGG C ATC CAT CAG CGA CAC CCG CCG GG Enterobacteriaceae, B-Entero-1247 CCCGG TCT CGC GAG GTC GCT TCT CCGGG Clostridium perfringens, B-Cloper-Cp2-10 GCATCA G ATT GCT CCT TTG GTT GAA TGA TG C Clostridium spp., B-Clospp CCC GG TAC CGT CAT TAT CGT CCC CCGGG Chlamydia trachomatis, ChltraA CCGC TCG GAT GCC CAA ATA TCGC GG Candida dubliniensis, B-Can-dub CCCGG C CCG AAA GAG TAA CTT GCA AAA CCGGG Candida glabrata, B-Cangla CCCGG AGG CAA GGG GCG CAA AA CCGGG Candida krusei, (Issatchenkia B-Cankru CCGTGA CCT GCA GCA orientalis) AGA ACC GAT CACGG Candida lusitaniae, (Clavispora B. Canlus CACT G CCG ACT CAG ACC lusitaniae) ACG AAA GCAGTG Candida albicans, B-Canalb-3 CCGCG TT TAC ACA GAC CCG GGT CAT CGCGG Candida tropicalis, B-Cantrop CCTCGG AC ATT CCA ACG CAA TTC TCCTAC CGAGG Candida parapsilosis, B-Can-para CCCGG CAC ATT TCT TTG CAC TTA TCC TAC CCGGG Chlamydia pneumoniae, B-Chlapneu CCGGG CTC TTC CTC AAC CGA AAG GT CCCGG Chlamydia psittaci group, B-S-S-Cps-1414-a-A-18 CCGG AAG GCA AAA CCA ACT CCC AT CCGG Campylobacter (pathogenic B-Ctherm CCCGG GCC CTA AGC GTC thermophiles), CTT CCA CCGGG Campylobacter coli, B-Cpcoli CGCTC TCG ATG GCA TCA GGG GTT GAGCG Campylobacter lari, Clari CCCGG CCC GAA GTG TTA GCA ACT AAA TC GCCGGG Campylobacter jejuni, B-Cjj CCGGG TA AGC TAA CCA CAC CTT ATA CCG CCCGG Campylobacter upsaliensis, B-Cpups CCCGGGC CGT GTG TCG CCC TAG GCG TA GCCCGGG Pneumocystis carinii, B-Pncari CCCTGC TA TCC AGT AAC TGA AAC CGA TGC AGGG Mycoplasma pneumoniae, B-Myplapn CCTCCG TGA TAG CTG TTT CCA ACT ACC GGA GG Cryptococcus neoformans, B-Cryneo CCTGG TAT GAT TCA CCA TAG AGG GCC AGG EHEC, B-EHEC CCCG GT CAC CCC ATA AAA GAG GCT CCGGG Neisseria meningitidis, B-Neimeng CACCG TTA TCC CCC ACT ACT CGG TG Neisseria gonorrhoeae, B-Neigon CCCGG ACC CCG CCA ACC AGC TAA CCGGG Clostridium difficile, B-Clodiff CGGGT CGA AGT AAA TCG CTC AAC TTG CA CCCG Clostridium botulinum, B-Clobot CG TT GC CGT TTC ATG CGA AAC TAC AA CG Clostridium tetani, B-Clotet CCGG AA CT GTG TTA CTC ACC CGT CCG G Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, B-Pepan CCGGC CTT TGA TAT ATC TAC GAT GCC G G Peptostreptococcus magnus, B-pepmag CCGC CTA ATC CGA AAT GAA TTC TGG CG G Peptostreptococcus magnus, B-pepmag CCGCC ATG TGT TTC TAC GAT TTT ATG CGG CGG Peptostreptococcus micros, B-Pepmic CCCGG ACT TTC ATT TCA TTT CCA TTC CCG GG Enterococcus faecalis, B-Encoc-alis-2 CCATCG GCA CTC GGG AGG AAA GAA G CGATGG Enterococcus faecium, B-entfae-1 CGC CCA TGC GGT TTT GAT TGT TAT AC GGGCG Enterococcus casseliflavus, B-Entcas CCGCG CAA GGG ACG AAC ATT TTA CTC TC GCGG Enterococcus gallinarum, B-entfae-2 CCGCG CAA GGG ATG AAC GTT CTA CTC GCGG Candida albicans, B-Canalb-2 CCCGG TTT CCT TCT GGG TAG CCA TT CCGGG Morganella morganii (Proteus B. Mormorg CCGG CAA GAC TCT AGC morganii), TGA CCA GTA TC GCCGG Proteus mirabilis, B-Protmir CG CCGATA GTG CAA GGT CCG AAG CGGCG Proteus vulgaris, B-Protvul CCG CCG TAG ACG TCA TGC GGT A GGCGG Treponema pallidum, B-Trepal CCCGG TCC GCC ACT CTA GAG AAA CG CCGGG Trichonomas vaginalis, B-Trivag CCCGG GAA TGG CGT GCC TCT GAT GA CCGGG Micrococci, B-Micoc CCCGG ACC TCA CAG TAT CGC AAC C GGG Lactobacillus brevis, B-Lacbrev CGG CCG CGG GAT CAT CCA GAA GGCCG Yersinia enterocolitica, B-Yerent CCCGG ATC TCT GCT AAA TTC CGT GGA TG CCGGG Bacillus cereus, B-Baccer CCATAC CAC TCT GCT CCC GAA GG TATGG Vibrio cholerae, B-Vibchol CTGAT GCA TAT CCG GTA GCG CAA G CATCAG Vibrio parahaemolyticus, B-Vibpara CCCGG TGC AGC TAT TAA CTA CAC TAC C CCGGG Cryptosporidium spp., B-Crypt CCGTA CAT AAG GTG CTG AAG GAG TAA G TACGG Coxiella burnetii, B-Cox CCGGG ACC CTT GAG AAT TTC TTC CCC GG Bartonella spp., B-Bart CCG GCA CAA ATT TCT CTG TGT TAT TCC G CCGG Enterobacter sakazakii, B-Entsak CCCGG TCT CTG CAG GAT TCT CTG GAT G CCGGG Enterobacter cloacae, B-Entclo Enterobacter aerogenes, B-Entaer Ehrlichia spp., B-Ehrlich CCGC GCT AAT CTA ACG TAG GCT CAT C GCGG Rickettsia spp., B-Rickspp CCGCG CAC TCA CTC GGT ATT GCT GGA T CGCGG Rickettsia spotted fever complex, B-Rickspot CTA GCC CCA ATT AGT CCG TTC G GCTAG Rickettsia typhi complex, B-Ricktyph CG CCC GTC TGC CAC TAA TTA ACT A GGGCG Leishmania spp., B-Leisch CCCGG AAA AGG CGT TAC GGC CGG G Toxoplasma gondii, B-Toxgan CCGGC TCC AGG GGA AGA GGC ATG CCGG Yeast spp., B-Yeast CCCG GGT ATT TAC ATT GTA CTC ATT CCA A CCGGG Francisella tularensis, B-Frantul CCAT GCG ACA GCC CGA AAG CCA GCATGG Lactobacillus spp. A, B-lactspp-A CCC GGA GTT CCA CTG TCC TCT TC CCGGG Lactobacillus spp. B, B-lactspp-B CCCGG ATC AGT CTC TCA ACT CGG C CGGG Burkholderia cepacia complex B-Bcc CCC GGTTGGCAACCCTCTGTTCC CCGGG Staphylococcus aureus, B-Staur-3 CCT G CAA GCT TCT CGT CCG TTC GC AGG Burkholderia ambifaria B-Burkamp pending due to lack of 23S sequences Burkholderia antina B-Burkant pending due to lack of 23S sequences Burkholderia dolosa B-Burkdol pending due to lack of 23S sequences Burkholderia pyrrocinia B-Burkpyrr pending due to lack of 23S sequences Burkholderia stabilis B-Burkstab pending due to lack of 23S sequences Lactobacilli, Candida spp, see Yeast Lactobacilli, Staphylococcus corosus, Staphylococcus aureus, B-Staur CCCCT CAA GCT TCT CGT CCG TTC G AGGGG Eu-bacteria, B-Eub-338 CCGCGT GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT CGCGG Eu-bacteria, B-Eub-338 CCGCGT GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT CGCGG Eu-bacteria, B-Eub-338 CCGCGT GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT CGCGG Eu-bacteria, B-Eub-338 CCGCGT GCT GCC TCC CGT AGG AGT CGCGG 

The invention claimed is:
 1. A nucleic acid capable of forming a hybrid with a target nucleic acid sequence and capable of forming a stem-loop structure if no hybrid is formed with the target sequence, said nucleic acid comprising (a) a nucleic acid portion comprising (a1) a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence, wherein the target nucleic acid sequence is a nucleic acid sequence of a microorganism, (a2) a pair of two complementary sequences capable of forming a stem, (b) an effector and an inhibitor, wherein the inhibitor inhibits the effector when the nucleic acid forms a stem-loop structure, and wherein the effector is active when the nucleic acid is not forming a stem-loop structure, and wherein the effector is a luminescent label, in particular a fluorescent label, and the inhibitor is a quencher, characterised in that the nucleic acid is constructed in a method comprising (i) designing the sequence of (a1) such that the ΔG of the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with its target sequence is in the range of about −17 to about −25 kcal/mol under hybridisation conditions which comprise hybridisation in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of less than 1 mM, and (ii) designing the sequences of (a2) such that the ΔG of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) is smaller than 0 in the absence of the target sequence and higher than the ΔG of the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with its target sequence.
 2. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) is essentially equal or lower than the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with the target sequence.
 3. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the ΔG of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) is lower than the ΔG of a hybrid of the nucleic acid with a mismatch sequence and/or a sequence different from the target sequence.
 4. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the stem formation takes place in the presence of about 1 to about 20 mM Mg²⁺.
 5. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid portion (a) consists of ribonucleotides, ribonucleotide analogues, deoxyribonucleotides and/or deoxyribonucleotide analogues, which nucleotide analogues are different from PNA building blocks.
 6. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid portion (a) is selected from the beacon sequences of Table
 1. 7. A combination comprising at least two nucleic acids as claimed in claim
 1. 8. The combination of claim 7, wherein the ΔG values of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) and/or the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with a target sequence of the individual nucleic acids differ at the maximum by about 4 kcal/mol, or/and wherein the T_(m) values of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) or/and the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with a target sequence of the individual nucleic acids differ at the maximum by about 3° C.
 9. The combination of claim 7, wherein the individual nucleic acids function uniformly under hybridisation conditions required to hybridise under in-situ hybridisation conditions.
 10. An in-situ hybridisation method comprising (a) contacting at least one nucleic acid of claim 1 with a biological sample, (b) hybridising the nucleic acid or the combination of nucleic acid of (a) with the sample in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of less than 1 mM so that the stem of the nucleic is open, and (c) inducing conditions which allow for stem formation in those nucleic acid molecules of (a) not forming a hybrid with the sample, wherein the stem formation takes place in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of about 1 to about 20 mM Mg²⁺.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein stem formation takes place in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of about 5 to about 10 mM Mg²⁺.
 12. The nucleic acid of claim 2, wherein the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) is at a maximum about 5° C., about 4° C., about 3° C., about 2° C., or about 1° C. lower than the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with the target sequence.
 13. The nucleic acid of claim 4, wherein the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequences of (a2) is at a maximum about 5° C., about 4° C., about 3° C., about 2° C., or about 1° C. lower than the T_(m) of the hybrid of the sequence of (a1) with the target sequence in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of less than 1 mM.
 14. The nucleic acid of claim 4, wherein the stem formation takes place in the presence of about 5 to about 10 mM Mg²⁺.
 15. The nucleic acid of claim 14, wherein the stem formation takes place in the presence of about 8 to about 10 mM Mg²⁺.
 16. The method of claim 11, wherein stem formation takes place in a buffer having a Mg²⁺ concentration of about 8 to about 10 mM Mg²⁺. 